# AESC40340

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Academic Year 2025/2026

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#### Environmental Management (AESC40340)

Subject:
:   Agricultural&Environmental Sci

College:
:   Health & Agricultural Sciences

School:
:   Agriculture & Food Science

Level:
:   4 (Masters)

Credits:
:   5

Module Coordinator:
:   Assoc Professor Helen Sheridan

Trimester:
:   Spring

Mode of Delivery:
:   On Campus

Internship Module:
:   No

How will I be graded?
:   Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module seeks to integrate much of the discipline-based knowledge developed throughout the Agri-Environmental Science Degree Programme and deals with the principles and techniques of agri-environmental evaluation and management. Three of the four units comprising the module focus on:\
1) The use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in landscape measurement and environmental evaluation;\
2) Environmental economics;\
3) Assessment of the 'environmental footprint' of agriculture.\
The fourth unit seeks to integrate these module elements into a case study. Working in small groups, students will apply the methods and principles from the above three module dimensions to:\
1) Evaluate landscape quality;\
2) Graphically display and quantify the results of their evaluation;\
3) Produce and assessment that allows them to weigh / assess complementary / conflicting valued and uses of the rural environment.\

## About this Module

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### What will I learn?

###### Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will be able to:\
1) Be familiar with the use of computer-based GIS systems and relevant software for landscape and environmental quantification and analysis.\
2) Integrate agri-environmental knowledge from a wide range of relevant scientific disciplines;\
3) Evaluate the contribution and limitations of environmental economics analysis;\
4) Critically assess the wider value of environmental resources and the impacts of environmental degradation;\
5) Use this knowledge to evaluate important rural environmental issues and to demonstrate the holistic appreciation necessary to understand and manage these complex issues.

### How will I learn?

###### Student Effort Hours:

| Student Effort Type | Hours |
| --- | --- |
| Lectures | 16 |
| Field Trip/External Visits | 12 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 35 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 40 |
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| --- | --- |
| Total | 103 |

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###### Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

This module will be taught through a series of online lectures. Depending on public health advice there will also be a field trip.

### Am I eligible to take this module?

###### Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

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###### Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
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### How will I be assessed?

###### Assessment Strategy

| Description | Timing | Component Scale | Must Pass Component | % of Final Grade | In Module Component Repeat Offered |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Assignment(Including Essay): Assignment - Environmental economics | Week 12 | Graded | No | 25 | No |
| Group Work Assignment: Small group project. | Week 15 | Graded | No | 75 | No |

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###### Carry forward of passed components

No

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### What happens if I fail?

| Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
| --- | --- |
| In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |

*Please see [Student Jargon Buster](https://www.ucd.ie/students/services/ucdstudentjargonbuster/) for more information about remediation types and timing.* \

### Assessment feedback

###### Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Online automated feedback\

###### How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

### Associated Staff

| Name | Role |
| --- | --- |
| Assoc Professor Deirdre O'Connor | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Amanda Sosa | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |

### When is this module offered?

**Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.**

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spring | Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 | Mon 15:00 - 16:50 |
| Spring | Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 09:00 - 10:50 |
| Spring | Practical | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 11:00 - 12:50 |

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