Module manager: Dr Cassandra Raby
Email: C.Raby@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
BLGY1300 BLGY1200
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This field course provides an opportunity for those students registered for biological science degrees to undertake field-based studies. Students will attend a residential field course in a UK location, and will develop skills suitable for field-based careers. The emphasis within the different sub-modules varies, but all include elements of biological identification, hypothesis testing, data collection and interpretation and the written presentation of results.
This module aims to provide students with skills in field-based research.
Objective 1: Provide students with experience of ecological field skills.
Students will experience a range of field data collection methods
Objective 2: Develop data analysis and interpretation skills
Following on from BLGY1307 students will have the opportunity to use data interpretation skills and apply them to a filed-based setting.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Sample and monitor field populations using the appropriate techniques
2. Identify to a certain level the organisms concerned
3. Demonstrate data collection in a field setting
4. Interpret ecological data through analysis and visualisation and report results in an acceptable scientific style
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1. Combine theories and examples from multiple sources to aid interpretation of complex scientific information.
2. Demonstrate scientific writing skills to communicate ideas to an academic audience.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 6 | 8.3 | 50 |
| Lecture | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Private study hours | 49 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 51 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
Students will also have the opportunity to complete a formative assessment in order to obtain feedback for the summative assessment.
One formative assessment opportunity will be provided prior to completing the summative assessment.
Additionally, staff are present throughout the field course and able to provide less formal formative assessment prior to the summative assessment.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Summative Field Research Report | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Re-sit for the Research Report will be an introduction on a different topic, and an individual report, using data provided.
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Last updated: 30/04/2025
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