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Undergraduate Course: Ecology and Plant Materials 1 (ARCH07011)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh College of Art CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryIndicative course content
A lecture based course outlining the basic principles of ecology and the knowledge and use of plant materials.

Aims of course
1 To introduce the basic principles of ecology.
2 To introduce the principles of plant use, growth and requirements.
3 To introduce plant recognition skills and a basic palette of species.

Mode of delivery
Lectures, fieldwork, desk based research and work book presentation.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Pre-requisites
ARCH07010 Design: space and graphics

Co-requisites
ARCH07010 Design: space and graphics

Prohibited combinations
none
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  40
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 28, Fieldwork Hours 7, External Visit Hours 7, Summative Assessment Hours 1, Revision Session Hours 14, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 41 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Students must pass all learning outcomes. The aggregation of failed Learning outcomes with passing learning outcomes to generate an overall pass mark is not permitted. Failure of one learning outcome will result in a Forced Fail (FF) outcome.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. recognise and identify a simple range of plant species.
  2. explore and communicate the design potential of plant material.
  3. demonstrate an understanding of the attributes, properties and structure of ecosystems
Reading List
Indicative Bibliography
Kershaw, K. A. (1974) Quantitative and dynamic plant ecology: 2nd ed. Edward Arnold. Skinner, D. N. (1987) A woody plant selection guide for first and second year students http://www.rhs.org.uk/rhsplantselector/default.aspx
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements Landscape Institute criteria: physical and natural environment
KeywordsPRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY, PLANT MATERIALS
Contacts
Course organiserMr John Stuart-Murray
Tel: (0131 6)51 5798
Email: j.stuart-murray@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Margaret Dingsdale
Tel: 0131 651 5803
Email: m.dingsdale@ed.ac.uk
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