R&P Skills I: Zoology & Ecology (X2102)
Research and Professional Skills I: Zoology & Ecology
Module X2102
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 5
Module Outline
This is an interdisciplinary module designed to give you experience in research and professional skills. You will obtain and analyse scientific data using a range of fieldwork, laboratory and analytical methods to address specific environmental questions. These skills will be placed in a wider research context by embedding them in a series of lectures and practicals around specific topics. All this will equip you with some of the skills needed to carry out research, including in field trips and your final-year undergraduate project. The module also includes a series of seminars on practical skills for making career choices, preparing application documents, and building professional experience alongside your studies.
Module learning outcomes
Understand a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods and recognise their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Collect, analyse, and critically evaluate environmental/ecological data, applying the appropriate statistical methods for a specified research objective.
Write reports concisely, with scientific rigour, following the formal format for ecological reports.
Effectively research the opportunities and requirements for a graduate job of choice and demonstrate the necessary skills and attributes in CVs and interviews.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Problem Set | T1 Week 8 | 60.00% |
| Portfolio | T1 Week 11 | 10.00% |
| Report | T1 Week 11 | 30.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | Practical | 3 hours | 01000100100 |
| Autumn Semester | Class | 1 hour | 00000001000 |
| Autumn Semester | Laboratory | 7 hours | 00011000000 |
| Autumn Semester | Workshop | 2 hours | 00100000000 |
| Autumn Semester | Lecture | 1 hour | 21111111111 |
| Autumn Semester | Seminar | 1 hour | 01010000000 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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