An introduction to the biology of the global environment and how the organisms on the earth relate to, and cope with, their environment.

Lectures 16.00 - 17.00, Monday - Thursday (4 per week)

Labs 09.00 - 12.00 or 13.00 - 16.00 Tuesday or Wednesday of weeks 4 to 6 of the course (each student attends only 1 lab session per week).

Workshops 09.00 - 11.00; 11.00 - 13.00 or 14.00 - 16.00 Tuesday or Wednesday of weeks 1 and 2 of the course (each student attends only 1 workshop session per week).

Tutorials 09.00 - 12.00 or 13.00 - 16.00 Tuesday or Wednesday of weeks 7 and 11 of the course (each student attends only 1 tutorial session per week).

None.

Laboratory assessment including reports (20%), Tutorial report on research interview (20%), 90-minute examination in April/May (60%).

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

Environmental Biology 1 aims to provide an introduction to the science of the environment and a broad basis for the specialist environmental sciences studies in later years.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

■ recall the central concepts of environmental biology and describe the experimental evidence and field research that has established these concepts;

■ solve elementary problems of a numeric or logical nature in the context of this understanding;

■ demonstrate practical skills in areas relevant to environmental biology.