| Department of Agricultural Sciences
50 % Forest & Landscape 50 % | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2 semesters | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | continious evaluation of practical reports Aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, external examiner Counts 1/4 of resulting evaluation Description of Examination: Counts 1/2 of resulting evaluation Description of Examination: Evaluation of project synopsis. Counts 1/4 of resulting evaluation | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Lectures and exercises: Wednesdays 13-17 in fall term. E SUB, 3-week course (January), F SUBLectures, exercises, field trip preparation and synopsis writing: Fall term (Check course homepage)Field trip: 3-week course (January)Report writing: Spring term | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | 3-week course January E SUP F SUP Check course homepage | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. Introducing students to theoretical as well as methodological approaches to interdisciplinary studies, 2. giving students practical experience with a wide spectrum of methods from both natural and social sciences 3. Training students in the selection and application of data collection methods for the investigation of natural resource management 4. Providing students with fieldwork experience in a developing country, including working on an equal basis with colleagues from that region. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| This course is jointly organised by KVL, KU and RUC as part of the DUCED SLUSE collaboration. In the past decade, it has been increasingly recognised that many land use and natural resource management issues in developing countries are best approached interdisciplinarily. The central theme in the course is the application and use of interdisciplinary methods and theoretical approaches through problem-oriented fieldwork in a developing country in collaboration with local counterparts. Close co-operation with local students from collaborating countries will ensure exposure to working in an inter-cultural environment. The course includes training in planning and conducting fieldwork in a developing country; selection and application of data collection methods (e.g. questionnaire design, interview techniques, biological sampling methods); data recording and processing; and writing field reports. The fieldwork forms the core part of the course and most course activities are oriented towards the planning, conducting or evaluation of the fieldwork. The aim of the course is to allow students to participate effectively in interdisciplinary assignments in developing countries, and serve as a basis for understanding strengths and weaknesses of each student's own discipline, including comparative advantages of academic disciplines relevant to natural resource management in developing countries. KVL, KU and RUC have since 1998 carried out interdisciplinary field courses in collaboration with university counterparts in Malaysia, Thailand and Southern Africa. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Lectures. These focus on introducing theoretical approaches to interdisciplinary studies, fieldwork planning and data collection methods. Exercises. These focus on using introduced methods. Group work. Each student will participate in a supervised group consisting of students with different academic backgrounds. Each group will prepare a synopsis before the field trip, conduct fieldwork in a developing country and prepare and submit a course report. Fieldwork. All students must participate in a three-week joint field trip in a developing country. There will be a compulsory course fee (see course homepage for details http://ilunrm.sluse.dk). | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||
| Course compendium containing selected relevant papers. Ca. 500 pages. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Andreas de Neergaard, adn@life.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 35333499 Thorsten Treue, ttr@life.ku.dk, Danish Centre for Forest, Landscape and Planning/Unit of Forestry, Phone: 35331759 Kristine Juul, kristine@ruc.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 Quentin Gausset, quentin.gausset@anthro.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 | |||||||||||||||||
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