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Module: Ecology and Agroecosystems (4906-410)

Note: Last updated September 2019. Current module catalog in HohCampus.
Persons:
  • Prof.Dr. Ingo Graß (verantwortlich)
Degree Program:
Relation to other Modules:
This module will link-up knowledge from different subject areas in order to enable students to interpret reactions within agroecosystems coherently.
Prerequisites for Attendance:

Basic knowledge of farming and/or closely related topics. This module is designed to accommodate a range of experience and knowledge levels in both ecology and agriculture. Students with only basic knowledge in ecology and biology should enlarge them before starting in this module. To maintain the high quality of this module and due to time and space constraints in planned group work, seminar presentations, and excursions we only accept a maximum of 50 students. Access is on a "first come first serve" basis, allowing students for which the module is compulsory, semi-elective, and, thereafter, elective to enter the course.

Sprache:
English
ECTS:
6 credits
Frequency:
every winter semester
Length of the Module:
1 semester
Compulsory assignment:
Presentation in groups (20 %) with handout (5 %) and discussion (5 %)
Final examination:
Written exam (70 %)
Length of the examination:
120 minutes
Workload:

56 h presence + 104 h preparation at home + exam = 160 h workload

Professional competences:

After completion of the module, students are able to explain the principles of ecological agents that regulate the functioning of natural and agricultural ecosystems and to demonstrate the complex biotic interactions in natural landscapes and agro-ecosystems. Further, they are able to explain how to apply ecological concepts and principles to design and manage sustainable agro-ecosystems with improved long-term reliability in agricultural production.

Key competences:

During preparation for the exam, while preparing and following up on lectures and while preparing the seminar, students practice self-reliance, time management, personal responsibility and cooperation. They hereby also adopt needful skills in fields, also including communication skills and (foreign) language proficiency. Students learn and practice both critical and analytical thinking and reading of scientific literature in the seminar and their ability to explore a scientific issue. Through the seminar presentation, students improve their oral articulateness and their ability to discuss scientific matters.
Finally, students acquire expertise to permit the competent application of technical knowledge and are of use in the solution of practical problems.

Comments:

Please register online via ILIAS as the module is restricted to 40 participants. The registration will be open until the end of the first week of the module. A waiting list will be maintained and implemented on the first day of the course. You will receive an electronic confirmation once you have been accepted into the module.

eLearning:
Course in ILIAS

Courses

Code Title Type Bindingness Course catalogue
4906-411 Ecology and Agroecosystems lecture with seminar compulsory Veranstaltung im ILIAS

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