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Placement in Biology and Ecology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:23.03.2022 11:20:17
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_023 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Solvita Kļaviņa-Makrecka | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Biology, ecology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To get an idea of the diversity of nature and its role in the assessment of the environmental situation, with real plants and animals in their natural places of Latvia the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction about placement | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Content of placement | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Topics of the placement: The diversity of plant species, and the breakdown of ecological factors affecting habitats in the surroundings of Kolka. The bloodsucker invertebrates – diversity of species, and the breakdown of ecological factors affecting habitats in the surroundings of Kolka. Water quality assessment of National Park Slitere. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Presentation of the placement topic, the results of the test. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student will know about ecology and natural processes of ecosystems. Students will be able to name and describe the medicinal and poisoning plants, as well as various animal and insect species. To evaluate the nature and will be able to explain the importance of tourism in promoting public health. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The student will be able to find and analyze information related to wildlife diversity and the environmental situation in the field. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student will be able to correctly analyse data and interpret results of analysis. Able to assess environmental natural processes within ecosystems, as well as ecological factors affecting them. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chen, S. L., Yu, H., Luo, H. M., Wu, Q., Li, C. F., & Steinmetz, A. (2016). Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants: problems, progress, and prospects. Chinese medicine, 11, 37. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Falasco, Elisa & Bona, Francesca & Badino, Guido & Hoffmann, Lucien & Ector, Luc. (2009). Diatom teratological forms and environmental alterations: A review. Hydrobiologia. 623. 1-35. 10.1007/s10750-008-9687-3. | ||||||||
