Module: Landscape Change, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services (4302-470)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Claudia Bieling (verantwortlich)

Degree Program:

• Landscape Ecology (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  2. Semester, semi-elective
• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2014) (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  2. Semester, semi-elective
• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2019) (Master, since 01.04.2019)
  2. Semester, semi-elective
• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2014) (Master, since 01.10.2014)
  2. Semester, semi-elective
• Environmental Science - Soil, Water, and Biodiversity (Regulations 2019) (Master, since 01.04.2019)
  2. Semester, semi-elective

Prerequisites for Attendance:

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Sprache:

English

ECTS:

7,5 credits

Frequency:

every summer semester

Length of the Module:

4 weeks (block 3)

Module examination:

Individual oral presentation with accompanying written abstract (50%), group presentation (40%), participation in class (10%)

Workload:

70 h presence + 130 h preparation at home + exam = 200 h workload

Professional competences:

After successfully completing this module students will:
- understand the main principles of the social-ecological resilience and ecosystem services frameworks
- be able to systematically analyse land change processes under the perspectives of social-ecological resilience and ecosystem services
- have developed a thorough understanding of the role of human perceptions and values as connected to landscape change
- have gained a basic working knowledge on social sciences approaches to investigating landscape change (particularly interviews)

Key competences:

This module contributes to the following skills:
- analytical thinking
- sound reasoning
- constructively dealing with scientific literature
- group work techniques (organization of working schedule, team work)
- data acquisition and analysis, selection and presentation of data
- oral presentation skills and communication of main research results

Comments:

In order to create an interactive working environment, this module is limited to 16 students. Students must register via ILIAS (registration opens 25 March 2019 at 8 am; students from Landscape Ecology and EnvEuro will be given priority, apart from that first come first serve).
Please note that participation in class is compulsory. If you miss class without a reasonable explanation, we reserve the right to withhold your grade.

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