MBiol, BSc Ecology and Conservation Biology (Integrated Masters)(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate a sophisticated and integrated understanding of subject knowledge from across the field of ecology and conservation.
2. Appraise recent developments and hypotheses within the ecology and conservation disciplines, making use of scholarly reviews and primary sources, identifying uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge.
3. Evaluate a contemporary issue in ecology and conservation through an in-depth and critical review of the relevant research literature.
4. Prepare an investigative project proposal, designing appropriate research strategies to test advanced scientific questions in a specific contemporary issue in ecology and conservation.
5. Identify and implement health and safety, ethical regulations and environmental considerations appropriate for carrying out an extended project in the final year and other relevant contexts.

Skills Learning Outcomes
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
1. Effectively explain, critique and propose ways in which ecology, conservation and biological researchers can contribute to developing solutions to current and future world challenges.
2. Effectively communicate and critique ecological information, ideas, problems and solutions in various formats and to a range of audiences.
3. Demonstrate skills necessary for exercising personal responsibility, self-management, organisation and decision making in complex and unpredictable situations.
4. Demonstrate effective teamworking skills in a range of situations including inter-disciplinary contexts.

Competence Standards

Assessment

We use a variety of assessment methods to help you develop and assess the specific learning and skills outcomes. At level 3 these may include assessed practical work, involving safety competencies advanced practical skills, complex data handling and statistics, together with problem-solving exercises, group work, essays, project work and oral presentations. There will be opportunities to complete practice questions and receive feedback to support learning.