Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The aim is to qualify the student to understand, measure and model the effect of e.g. land use change or increased load of chemicals on natural and artificial ecosystems.

The project focuses on how land-use change and increased load of chemicals may affect selected ecosystems and suggest actions relating to remediation technologies and management to prevent and alleviate the ecosystem distresses caused by e.g. land-use change or chemicals.

The project could be comparison of organic vs. conventional farming. The effect of household chemicals and pesticides on urban recreational areas.   

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who have passed the module should be able to

• Explain how land use may affect natural ecosystems
• Explain how chemical loads may affect the ecosystem structure and how the effects can be mediated.
• Explain what administrative structures, including legislation can be used to handle these environmental problems

Skills

• write a project report following the standards of the field of study, include relevant original scientific literature, use the correct terminology, and communicate the research-based foundation and problem and results in writing, graphically and orally in a professionally reasoned and coherent way
• assess and select relevant original scientific literature and current scientific methods, models and other tools used in the project and asses the problem of the project and results in relevant scientific contexts and social conditions

Competences

• handle the planning, implementation and management of complex and unpredictable research and/or developmental tasks and take professional responsibility to implement academic assignments and interdisciplinary collaborations
• take responsibility for own professional development and specialization

Type of instruction

Project work

Exam

Exams