Developing graduate attributed and skills, at any level of HE , is dependent on the clarity of strategies and methods for identifying the attributes and skills relevant to the programme and where and how these are operationalised. The interrelated factors of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these are inclusive in nature, are fundamentally significant to these strategies and methods, as are where and how these are specifically distributed within the programme. Ordered by graduate attributes and skills, the following table provides a map of the above, plus an exposition to describe and explain the ideas and strategy of each. Therefore, subsequent to the initial completion for approval, maintenance of this table as and when programme structure changes occur is also important: Level 4: BSc (Hons) Applied Zoology and Conservation Prog intended Definitions of Graduate Attributes and Skills Teaching and Learning Strategy / Range of Prog Aims Learning Related Core Modules Relevant to this Programme Methods Assessments Outcomes Primary: Knowledge / Understanding: Lectures and tutorials For this bachelor level programme the following has been informed by the QAA Practical laboratory and Subject Benchmark(s): Bioscience (2007) husbandry sessions A1, A3, LO1, LO2, Essays Level 4 Engagement with the essential facts, major Industry visits A4, A5 LO3, LO6 In tests CORN163: Animals and concepts, principles and theories associated Guided independent Exams Environment with the chosen discipline. Knowledge of the Management processes and mechanisms that have shaped Learning from extended work plans CORN115: Diversity, the natural world in terms, for example, of the placements Reports Classification and spread of time from the geological to the Poster/ Evolution present and of complexity from the Secondary/Supplementary: presentations environmental to the cellular. The influence on Site visits to animal CORN171: Introduction living systems of human activities (and the collections, Natural History to Zoology converse) could also be considered Museum, Eden Project. Threshold standard: Describe how organisms are classified and Additional lecture information identified. available on VLE- Moodle.
Developing graduate attributed and skills, at any level of HE , is dependent on the clarity of strategies and methods for identifying the attributes and skills relevant to the programme and where and how these are operationalised. The interrelated factors of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these are inclusive in nature, are fundamentally significant to these strategies and methods, as are where and how these are specifically distributed within the programme. Ordered by graduate attributes and skills, the following table provides a map of the above, plus an exposition to describe and explain the ideas and strategy of each. Therefore, subsequent to the initial completion for approval, maintenance of this table as and when programme structure changes occur is also important: Level 4: BSc (Hons) Applied Zoology and Conservation Definitions of Graduate Attributes and Skills Relevant to this Programme Teaching and Learning Strategy / Methods Prog Aims Prog intended Learning Outcomes Range of Assessments Related Core Modules Knowledge / Understanding: For this bachelor level programme the following has been informed by the QAA Subject Benchmark(s): Bioscience (2007) Engagement with the essential facts, major concepts, principles and theories associated with the chosen discipline. Knowledge of the processes and mechanisms that have shaped the natural world in terms, for example, of the spread of time from the geological to the present and of complexity from the environmental to the cellular. The influence on living systems of human activities (and the converse) could also be considered Threshold standard: Describe how organisms are classified and identified. Primary: Lectures and tutorials Practical laboratory and husbandry sessions Industry visits Guided independent Learning from extended work placements Secondary/Supplementary: Site visits to animal collections, Natural History Museum, Eden Project. Additional lecture information available on VLE- Moodle. A1, A3, A4, A5 LO1, LO2, LO3, LO6 Essays In tests Exams Management plans Reports Poster/ presentations Level 4 CORN163: Animals and Environment CORN115: Diversity, Classification and Evolution CORN171: Introduction to Zoology
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