Undergraduate Course: Dissertation in Ecological and Environmental Sciences (ECSC10030)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Dissertation | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | Honours Dissertation in Ecological and Environmental Sciences | 
 
| Course description | 
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  Students can also take EITHER Conservation Science (EES) OR Conservation of Management of Natural Populations (SBS) alongside this course. Please note PT's cannot enroll students directly on to SBS courses. | 
 
| Additional Costs |  Travel to field sites may be needed | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
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 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
380 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Assessment by Dissertation 
 
Submission of non-assessed project outline and assessed full project plan prior to the start of dissertation work. Submission of dissertation report towards the end of Semester 2 | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
|     Develop skills in research including the design of experiments and programmes of observation, data handling and report-writing.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | ECSC10030 D-EES | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof John Moncrieff 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5402 
Email: j.moncrieff@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Eilein Fraser 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5430 
Email: Eilein.Fraser@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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