Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Describe basic insect structure and function and the ways in which insects are injurious to humans, their livestock, crops and products.
• Compare and contrast various approaches to controlling insect pests.
• Describe the vital processes that require bacteria, and understand the interrelationships of microorganisms in the environment, agriculture, food, human, animal and waste.
• Discuss non-human sources or reservoirs of microbial disease & their roles in modern infectious diseases, and describe how the environment provides antibiotics and the risk that it poses as a source of antibiotic resistance.
• Discuss the relationship between colonisation and extinction in the MacArthur and Wilson Island Biogeography model.
• Describe the impact of invasive plant species on ecosystems, for example Rhododendron ponticum in Ireland and Eichhornia crassipes in the tropics.
• Describe ecological processes such as the zonation of seashore organisms and primary productivity in marine ecosystems.
• Discuss the adaptations that some marine animals have evolved which enable them to survive in the deep ocean environment.

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	9
Tutorials	4
Planned learning activities	0
Independent student activities	63
Total	100

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): MCQs/ questionnaires/assignments; Practical write-ups

Assessment type	Options	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment		40%
University scheduled written examination	On-campus	60%	90 minutes
Other		0%
Total		100%	90 minutes

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Failure to attend and engage in the continual assessment component of this module will result in a technical fail.
• Penalties: Late submissions will be accepted with penalty.

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• The University scheduled written exam may be re-taken in the autumn. Continous assessment mark is carried forward to the Autumn.
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 90 minutes, On-campus

• BI102 or equivalent.

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