Undergraduate Course: Reconstructing Late Quaternary Environments (GEGR10090)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Geography |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is intended to provide an integrated palaeoecological approach to the origin and evolution of temperate and arctic environments during the Lateglacial and Holocene, with particular reference to the interplay between human and natural landscapes. The intention of the course is to ensure that all participants are familiar with the general principles of reconstruction of past environments and the broad outlines and limitations of the wide range of techniques available, in particular the evidence gained from studies of invertebrate faunas. The objective is to understand how the data used to reconstruct the dynamic Lateglacial and Holocene environment are acquired. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 18, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. Darwin Room (4.09), Geography, Drummond Street |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
This course will provide students with:
A comprehensive and integrated knowledge and understanding of the broad pattern of environmental change (both natural and anthropogenic in origin) over the last 15,000 years
An understanding of some of the sources of palaeoenvironmental data, and the various palaeoecological techniques, including vertebrate and invertebrate data, which can be applied to the investigation of environmental change and human activity in the landscape
An understanding of the ways in which the palaeoenvironmental record is created and changed by the processes of fossilisations (taphonomy)
An understanding of the interaction of human communities with different facets of the environment and the role of human as agents of landscape change and development
A detailed knowledge of the biogeography of disease
An understanding of conservation issues
It will also provide students with:
The knowledge to tackle complex problems and offer professional level solutions
Basic observations skills in the laboratory
Basic knowledge of how to use a database to collate data and interpret an invertebrate assemblage (using BUGSCEP)
Skills of writing a project/essay of their choice (from a list of essays provided in the course) which will involve learning how to make judgements where information is limited or comes from a range of sources. |
Assessment Information
Class assessment: As outlined in course handbook
Degree assessment: One 2,000 word project(40%) and one two-hour examination (2 questions) (60%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | GEGR10090 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Eva Panagiotakopulu
Tel: (0131 6)50 2531
Email: Eva.P@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Catherine Campbell
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: cathy.campbell@ed.ac.uk |
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