| Department of Agricultural Sciences
23 % Forest & Landscape 23 % | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | MSc. 1 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 15 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination and oral examination All aids allowed Description of Examination: The eksamination consists of three parts. Group synopsis delivered before field work, max. 2500 words; Group field report, max. 10000 words. Group oral defence of report, 20 minutes presentation and 30 minutes individual questioning. Weight: Synopsis for field work (20%); Field report (60%) and Oral defence of report (20%). 13-point scale, external examiner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | Min. 75% participation in excercises. Participation in excursions. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Teaching divided in lectures, excercises and discussions, student presentations and individual supervision. Lectures and exercises take place at KVL, RUC and KU. 2-3 weeks field work in developing country. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: Outside schedule, Excursion in 5th, 6th and 7th week of course. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | For logistic reasons, students must enrol by October 27th 2006. Participants must hold a relevant bachelor degree leading towards specialisation within rural development, natural resource management and sustainable land use in developing countries | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Competences within basic science: n.a. Competences within applied science: Ability to apply principles and expand their application based on evaluation of the concrete case and locally specific knowledge/conditions. Make judgment of the usefulness of methods and the reliability of collected data as well as the significance of obtained results. Competences within ethics and values: Ability to discuss and compare data obtained by various methods in interdisciplinary field work. Can make judgment of own interpretation on complex topics and relevance for the investigated communities. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| - Familiarising with theoretical and methodological approaches to interdisciplinary studies of natural resource management and rural livelihoods in developing countries - Enabling students to apply their own disciplinary skills in interdisciplinary problem-based group work - Training in field based investigation of concrete topics/problems - Ensuring exposure to methods from both natural and social science - Providing students the experience of working with developing country counterparts | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The course is jointly organised by KVL, University of Copenhagen and Roskilde University Centre, and attracts students from a range of natural and social science disciplines. Most land use and natural resource management issues in developing countries are best approached interdisciplinary. Hence, the central theme in the course is learning and using interdisciplinary methods and theoretical approaches through problem-oriented field work in a developing country in collaboration with local counterparts. While working with students from other disciplines, students should apply their own disciplinary skills in order to address the identified topics/questions within land use, rural development and natural resource management. Close co-operation with local students will ensure exposure to working in an inter-cultural environment. The course includes training in analysing and developing project proposals; planning and conducting field work; selection and application of data collection methods (e.g. questionnaire design, interview techniques, bio-physical sampling methods, PRA techniques); data recording and processing; and writing field reports. This will 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 rural livelihoods and natural resource management in developing countries. The SLUSE programme at KVL, KU and RUC have carried out interdisciplinary field courses in collaboration with university counterparts in Malaysia, Thailand and Southern Africa since 1998. For logistic reasons, students must enrol by October 27th 2006. Check course homepage for more information. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The course consists of: -Lectures and practicals on natural and social scientific methods and tools used in field work. Theoretical/contextual and regional specific lectures. Theoretical lectures are followed by exercises demonstrating the practical applicability of the central concepts in field work. -Student presentations of key texts. -Group work: Each student will participate in a supervised group. Each group will prepare a synopsis before the field trip, conduct fieldwork, prepare and submit a course report. -2-3 weeks field work in a developing country | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Course Litterature | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A compendium is provided | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Torben Birch-Thomsen, tbt@geogr.ku.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 Peter Oksen, oksen@ruc.dk, Department of Agricultural Sciences/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 3528 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance Fee | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Participants are required to cover transportation costs and insurances to the field trip destination. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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