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Seminar for Bachelor Students: Forest and Landscape
Seminar für Bachelor-Studierende: Wald und Landschaft
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:46:59
Abstract
Interdisciplinary seminar on forest and landscape issues with particular emphasis on the key processes shaping the development of forest ecosystems and landscapes.
Objective
- To critically analyze and discuss original scientific articles for selected processes and methods in relation to forest and landscape. - Scientific exchange with subject-specific experts. - Learn standard rhetoric and moderation methods through training in the seminar. - Effective feedback regarding the independent development of presentation and moderation competencies.
Content
Seminars will deal with the following topics: 1) Biological, ecological and physical processes, and technical aspects in forest ecosystems with effects on the community, ecosystem and landscape; 2) Social and political processes and institutions with relation to land use; 3) Products and services of forest ecosystems and landscapes and 4) Forest management systems. The contributions will be grouped by topics. Furthermore, the seminar teaches rhetoric and moderation methods, which will serve to deepen the above topics through presentations and discussions.
Resources
Lecture Notes
There will be a script for the rhetoric and moderation methods.
Literature
Literature references will be provided by the lecturers.
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Course Components
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Seminar für Bachelor-Studierende: Wald und Landschaft
Beginn 23.09.2021
Bekanntgabe des weiteren Ablaufs zu einem späterenZeitpunkt (hängt ab von der Anzahl eingeschriebener Studierender).
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Environmental Sciences Bachelor (Students can choose between one Bachelor thesis of 10KP or two Bachelor theses of 5KP each. In principle, all professors and lecturers involved in the teaching of the Environmental Sciences degree programme are entitled to supervise a Bachelor's thesis (BA). BA in the area of social sciences and humanities can only be supervised by lecturers who teach in this area. The same applies to BA in the field of natural sciences and technology. If the thesis is supervised by a person who does not teach in the Environmental Sciences degree programme or who does not have ETH lecturer status, then the student has to fill in the "Form for supervisors of a Bachelor thesis who do not teach in the Environmental Sciences degree programme" Link)
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Forest and Landscape (The following courses are highly recommended as preparation for the Specialization in Forest and Landscape: 701-0266-00L Einführung in die Dendrologie (Autumn semester) 551-0435-00L Systematische Biologie: Zoologie (Spring semester) 701-0360-00L Systematische Biologie: Pflanzen (Spring semester) These courses should be successfully completed during the second year.)
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