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Module code Module Title Degree/Diploma Type of Module Modular Credits AW-2311 Ecosystem Dynamics Bachelor of Arts (Geography, Environment and Development Studies) Major Option/Breadth 4 Total student workload 8 hours/week Contact hours 4 hours/week None None Prerequisite Anti-requisite Aims To introduce the concepts and drivers of processes that produce spatial and temporal variations within ecosystems. This module also seeks to introduce how ecosystems are connected to human well-being and history of development. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this module, a student will be expected to be able to: Lower order : 60% - Understand the basics of ecosystem composition, concept of stability and equilibrium Middle order : Higher order: - Understand the biological and ecological characteristics of ecosystems including life cycle, dispersal, migrations and interactions 20% - Analyse the spatial and temporal organisation of population and communities 20% - Work co-operatively to visualise the world’s ecosystems - their present status and development in the context of the emerging concepts, and global changes due to climatic and anthropogenic impacts. Module Contents Concepts of stability and equilibrium in ecological systems Energy and material flows in ecosystems with an emphasis on the terrestrial & wetland ecosystems, and temporal organisation of populations and communities Biological and ecological characteristics including life cycle, dispersal, migrations, interactions Ecosystem dynamics in the context of global changes from climate and anthropogenic impacts Ecosystems and human well-being Emerging concepts: Anthropocene, anthropogenic biomes and (human) niche construction. Assessment Formative assessment Exit test, Weekend tests, Class tests. Summative assessment Effective S1 2016 Examination: 60% Coursework: 40% - Fieldwork assignment (20%) - Fieldwork report (20%) Reformat Senate App 29 Jun 2016