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Module DXC-3506:
Materion Cyfoes yr Amgylchedd

Module Facts

Run by School of Natural Sciences

10.000 Credits or 5.000 ECTS Credits

Semester 1

Organiser: Dr Prysor Williams

Overall aims and purpose

  1. Rhoi gwybodaeth fanwl i fyfyrwyr am fater amgylcheddol, neu gysylltiedig, o'u dewis.
  2. Galluogi myfyrwyr i gynhyrchu syniadau a chymryd rhan mewn trafodaethau dosbarth ar faterion amgylcheddol a chysylltiedig.
  3. I roi profiad i fyfyrwyr o gyflwyno gwybodaeth mewn adroddiad ysgrifenedig ac ar lafar mewn cyfweliad.

Course content

Bydd y modiwl hwn yn galluogi myfyrwyr i wneud project ymchwil ar gyfrifiadur gan edrych yn fanwl ar fater amgylcheddol cyfredol, neu fater yn gysylltiedig â'r amgylchedd. Cynhelir y modiwl yn Semester 1 a daw i ben gyda chynhyrchu adroddiad project ysgrifenedig a seminar. Dewisir y testunau gan y myfyriwr i adlewyrchu ei d(d)iddordeb a gallant amrywio o faterion lleol i rai byd-eang. Bydd myfyrwyr yn ymchwilio i amrediad o faterion cyfoes 'poblogaidd'. Dylid ymgynghori â ffynonellau megis papurau newydd o wahanol ansawdd, y cyfryngau darlledu, y rhyngrwyd, cyfnodolion gwyddonol `poblogaidd' a'r cyfnodolion gwyddonol a gaiff eu cloriannu'n fwy trwyadl gan arbenigwyr yn y maes. Dylai'r testun fod yn wahanol i'r un a ddewisir ar gyfer project ymchwil arbrofol y myfyriwr. Dylid dewis testunau mewn ymgynghoriad â threfnydd y modiwl. Mae'r modiwl yn cynnwys ymchwil a wneir gan fyfyrwyr i destun penodol. Ar wahân i ddarlith ragarweiniol nid oes unrhyw ddarlithoedd neu sesiynau ymarferol ffurfiol yn gysylltiedig â'r modiwl hwn. Ar ddiwedd Semester 1 bydd pob myfyriwr yn cyflwyno eu testun ar ffurf seminar 20 munud a byddant yn cyflwyno adroddiad project ar y testun o'u dewis. Bydd myfyrwyr yn mynd i seminarau ei gilydd a disgwylir iddynt gyfrannu at y drafodaeth ar ôl pob sgwrs. Asesir y seminar a'r adroddiad project.

Assessment Criteria

threshold

Ymwybodol o'r egwyddorion allweddol sy'n sail i'r wyddoniaeth. Lefel llwyddo mewn traethodau arbenigol. Dangos medrusrwydd sylfaenol mewn trafodaethau grwp.

good

Gwell dealltwriaeth o'r egwyddorion. Dangos cryn allu i ddeall a defnyddio data mewn adroddiadau arbenigol. Symud yn gyflym o un mater i'r llall mewn trafodaeth grwp. Gwybodaeth ddofn am fater amgylcheddol, neu gysylltiedig, penodol a gwybodaeth drwyadl o'r deunydd seminar.

excellent

Dealltwriaeth dda iawn o'r wyddoniaeth. Dangos gallu mawr i ddeall materion amgylcheddol neu gysylltiedig cyfoes. Tystiolaeth o ymdrech ac ôl meddwl sylweddol a defnyddio deunydd cefndir yn effeithiol i gefnogi achosion.

Learning outcomes

  1. Bydd myfyrwyr llwyddiannus yn gallu deall sut mae'r mater hwn yn cael ei ystyried gan y cyfryngau.

  2. Bydd myfyrwyr yn cael profiad o fod mewn cyfweliad.

  3. Bydd myfyrwyr llwyddiannus yn gallu astudio a dadansoddi amrywiaeth o lenyddiaeth wyddonol ac egluro'r agweddau penodol ar y testun o¿u dewis.

  4. Bydd myfyrwyr llwyddiannus yn gallu gwerthuso¿n feirniadol y dadleuon sy'n gysylltiedig â mater gwyddonol penodol.

  5. Bydd myfyrwyr llwyddiannus yn gallu deall y materion amgylcheddol sy'n gysylltiedig â¿r mater a gallu ysgogi trafodaeth wyddonol.

  6. Bydd myfyrwyr llwyddiannus yn gallu defnyddio technoleg meddalwedd cyfrifiadurol safonol (cronfeydd data ar y We, MS-Powerpoint, MS-Word) ar gyfer chwilio cronfeydd data a chynhyrchu adroddiadau a chyflwyniadau.

Assessment Methods

Type Name Description Weight
REPORT Adroddiad prosiect 65.00
ORAL Assessed interview 35.00

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Hours
Private study

Sesiynau ble bydd myfyrwyr yn ymchwilio i'r pwnc ac yn paratoi yr adroddiad ac at y cyflweliad.

95
Tutorial

Sesiynau 'galw mewn' i fyfyrwyr gael trafod eu pwnc, cynnwys a strwythyr yr adroddiad, ayyb. Bydd myfyrwyr hefyd yn gallu cael adborth ar fersiynau drafft o'u gwaith.

3
Lecture

Darlithoedd ar ddechrau a hanner ffordd trwy'r modiwl i drafod natur y gwaith, pynciau addas, strwythyr yr adroddiad, ac ati.

2

Transferable skills

  • Literacy - Proficiency in reading and writing through a variety of media
  • Computer Literacy - Proficiency in using a varied range of computer software
  • Self-Management - Able to work unsupervised in an efficient, punctual and structured manner. To examine the outcomes of tasks and events, and judge levels of quality and importance
  • Exploring - Able to investigate, research and consider alternatives
  • Information retrieval - Able to access different and multiple sources of information
  • Inter-personal - Able to question, actively listen, examine given answers and interact sentistevely with others
  • Presentation - Able to clearly present information and explanations to an audience. Through the written or oral mode of communication accurately and concisely.
  • Argument - Able to put forward, debate and justify an opinion or a course of action, with an individual or in a wider group setting

Subject specific skills

  • Recognize and apply appropriate theories and concepts from a range of disciplines.
  • Consider issues from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.
  • Apply subject knowledge to the understanding and addressing of problems.
  • Awareness of the concepts of spatial and temporal scale in understanding processes and relationships.
  • Appreciation of the reciprocal nature of human-environmental relationships.
  • Understand the provisional nature of information and appreciate competing and alternative explanations.
  • Recognize the moral, ethical and social issues relating to the subject.

Resources

Talis Reading list

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/dxc-3506.html

Courses including this module

Compulsory in courses:

  • F900: BSC Environmental Science year 3 (BSC/ES)
  • F901: BSc Environmental Science (4 yr with placement) year 4 (BSC/ES4)
  • F90F: BSc Environmental Science year 3 (BSC/ESF)
  • 8U71: BSc Environmental Science (with International Experience) year 4 (BSC/ESIE)
  • D512: MFor Forestry year 3 (MFOR/FOR)
  • D514: MFor Forestry with International Experience year 4 (MFOR/FORIE)
  • D513: MFor Forestry (with placement year) year 4 (MFOR/FORP)
  • F801: MGeog Geography year 3 (MGEOG/G)
  • F805: MGeog Geography with International Experience year 4 (MGEOG/GIE)

Optional in courses:

  • L700: BA Geography year 3 (BA/GEOG)
  • L702: BA Geography (4 yr with placement) year 4 (BA/GEOG4)
  • L701: BA Geography (with International Experience) year 4 (BA/GEOGIE)
  • DDK5: BSC Conservation & Forest Ecosys. year 3 (BSC/CFE)
  • DDL5: BSC Conservation and Forest Ecosys year 4 (BSC/CFE4)
  • D503: BSc Conservation with Forestry with International Experience year 4 (BSC/CFIE)
  • F841: BSC Coastal Geography year 3 (BSC/COASTG)
  • 5DKD: BSc Conservation with Forestry year 3 (BSC/CWF)
  • 5DLD: BSc Conservation with Forestry (four year) year 4 (BSC/CWF4)
  • D502: BSc Forestry with International Experience year 4 (BSC/FIE)
  • D500: BSC Forestry year 3 (BSC/FOR)
  • D50P: BSc Forestry with Placement Year year 4 (BSC/FP)
  • F803: BSc Geography with Environmental Forestry year 3 (BSC/GEF)
  • F804: BSc Geography with Environmental Forestry year 4 (BSC/GEF4)
  • F807: BSc Geography with Environmental Forestry with Intl Exp year 4 (BSC/GEFIE)
  • F800: BSC Geography year 3 (BSC/GEOG)
  • F806: BSc Geography (4 yr with placement) year 4 (BSC/GEOG4)
  • F802: BSc Geography (with International Experience) year 4 (BSC/GEOGIE)
  • F842: BSc Marine Geography year 3 (BSC/MARG)
  • F710: BSC Marine Environmental Studies year 3 (BSC/MES)
  • F713: BSc Marine Environmental Stud with International Experience year 4 (BSC/MESIE)
  • F79P: BSc Marine Environmental Studies year 4 (BSC/MESP)
  • F801: MGeog Geography year 3 (MGEOG/G)
  • F805: MGeog Geography with International Experience year 4 (MGEOG/GIE)

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