Module: International Field Course Site Evaluation (3101-420)

Persons:

• apl ProfDr Ludger Herrmann (verantwortlich)
• apl ProfDr Klaus Schmieder (begleitend)

Degree Program:

• Agricultural Sciences - Soil Science (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  2. Semester, elective
• Landscape Ecology (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  2. Semester, elective
• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2019) (Master, since 01.04.2019)
  2. Semester, elective
• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2019) (Master, since 01.04.2019)
  2. Semester, elective

Relation to other Modules:

This module builds upon the knowledge gathered in 3101-560 Soils of the World 3101-570 Field course soils and vegetation

Prerequisites for Attendance:

Sound knowledge in soil and vegetation science and their methods including mapping experience.

Sprache:

German/English

ECTS:

7,5 credits

Frequency:

every 2 years

Length of the Module:

blocked (by arrangement)

Final examination:

50% seminar, 50% excursion protocol

Length of the examination:

30 minutes

Workload:

5 days field exercise, 20hrs seminar and 12hrs protocol.

Professional competences:

After successfully completing the module, students are able to describe sites and their soils and vegetation in an unknown environment. They can specify and describe examples from mediterranean parts of Europe, steppe, the tropics or alpine environments. They are able to interpret pedological information of South and Eastern Europe and tropical/subtropical areas and evaluate relevant literature.

Key competences:

Students learn and practice critical, analytical, abstract and interdisciplinary thinking and working independently while compiling their seminar work and the excursion report. They are thereby also trained in information research, structuring knowledge and information and in written articulateness. With the presentation, students enhance their oral articulateness, they learn knowledge transfer and practice their discourse capacities in the subsequent discussion. During the excursion in a usually mixed international group, students enhance their capacity for team work, cohesiveness, organizational skills, (foreign) language skills, as well as communcation and cooperation skills.

Comments:

From summer term 2016 onwards, the module will be taught as a blocked module at least every second even year.
The language of instruction depends on the participants. If at least one participant does not speak German, the entire module is held in English.

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