Vegetation, Climate and Geology
Upon completion, the student should be able to achieve the following:
Knowledge:
- describe how climate affects local, regional and global vegetation
- explain how variation of vegetation types within forests, bogs and mountains are connected to important ecological factors such as geology, soils, topography and hydrology
Skills:
- identify some common vegetation types in nature
- explain the creation of landscape and topography
- use databases and literature for collecting relevant information about geology and vegetation
General competencies:
- have knowledge of systems used for identifying and mapping vegetation
- have knowledge of a small selection of species in selected vegetation types
- explain processes shaping the earths landscapes, and recognize examples of these prosesses in nature
Compound assessment.
Compulsory participation. Approved/ Not approved. Must be passed prior to the written examination.
Written assessment - individual semester assignment, comprises 50% of the grade, grading scale A-F.
Written examination, 3 hours, comprises 50% of the grade, grading scale A-F.
Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
GEO120 - Geology and Vegetation - 10 credits
BIO1004 - Nature types, Climate and Geology - 7.5 credits