Forests, Environment and Society
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| GEOG2060 | Environmental & Geographical Sciences | 2 | 10 | Autumn Malaysia |
- Code
- GEOG2060
- School
- Environmental & Geographical Sciences
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Autumn Malaysia
Summary
Target Students
BSc Environmental Science students. Also available to students in the School of Biosciences.
Classes
- One lecture each week for 8 weeks
- One 12-hour field studies each week for 2 weeks
- One 4-hour field studies each week for 2 weeks
Assessment
- 50% Report: One individual Field Trip Report (50%) of a maximun of 1000 words based on two field trips. Participation in the field trips is compulsory for all students.
- 50% Exam 1 (1-hour-30-minute): One 1h 30m examination (50%). Answer two questions from three.
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide a broad knowledge on the state of global forests, and emphasises forest management in Malaysia. In this context it helps students to understand the relevance of forests to climate change and sustainable community development through a number of field visits in different forests in peninsular Malaysia. For Environmental Science students this module will build on introductory concepts of ecology, the status of natural resources of Malaysia, and sustainable development covered in year 1, and will provide knowledge that is useful for later modules considering environmental policy and economics, thereby integrating and providing connections across the programme.Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
A. Knowledge and Understanding
A1. Understand and interpret important terminologies of forestry
A2. Describe the state of global forests
A3. Examine the merits of different forest management approaches
A3. Analyse the interaction among forests, climate change, and community development
B. Intellectual Skills
B1. Analyse and summarise relevant information from published literature
B2. Understand the underlying complex ideas on forest management and relate them to specific problems
C. Professional/Practical Skills
C1. Gain practical experience of actual forest management status (via the field trips)
C2. Produce reports in a professional manner
D. Transferable Skills
D1. Work independently, efficiently and in a timely fashion
D2. Demonstrate effective communication of policy relevant information
Conveners
- Dr Tapan Kumar Nath