ID5103 Marine Conservation Case Study

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

15

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SCQF level

SCQF level 11

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed

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Module coordinator

Dr S C Smout

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Module Staff

Team taught

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Module description

This is an interdisciplinary module with a focus on conservation in the marine environment. Through a series of seminars and labs, students will learn about management of wildlife populations in the Forth and Tay area adjacent to St Andrews. The module looks at the challenges for conservation in a busy area that is used for shipping, fishing and energy production. It includes contributions from academics, policy makers and conservation practitioners.

Relationship to other modules

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE GD5002

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Weekly contact will be made up of lectures (X4 weeks), seminars (X4 weeks), tutorials (X4weeks), 2 practical classes and a field trip.

Scheduled learning hours

24

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

120

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Appreciate the natural history and ecology of key predator species in the Forth and Tay area that are a focus of conservation interest, such as dolphins, seals and birds
  • Determine how legislation that protects specific areas can be useful to protect these species, and also that this approach has limitations where species are migratory
  • Consider and reflect on different human interests affecting the management of this area and to appreciate why these may come into conflict e.g. fishing and seabird conservation
  • Explore ways that wildlife populations depend on the marine ecosystem at local and wider scales, and understand how scientific approaches link their responses to particular stressors such as food shortage or marine noise