Planning Skills and GIS

Overview

This module enables students to gain a range of skills essential in making the progression to higher education. Students will apply critical literature search, reading, academic writing, IT and presentation skills to a theme from Planning for Rural Communities. This theme will be introduced early in the module and enable students to apply their developing research skills. Weekly lecturers will normally be followed by workshops.

In most cases you will need to complete work for each session. This should be completed, prior to the session, along with independent study in order to enable course progression.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of the course successful students should be able to:
1) Demonstrate effective research, analytical, evaluative and appraisal skills and the ability to reach appropriate, evidence based decisions
2) Gather, analyse and present data in a range of oral, written, numerical and graphical forms.
3) Display basic competencies in the use of a range of computer packages and learning resources within the University.
4) Recognise the role of communication skills in the planning process and the importance of working in an inter-disciplinary context, and be able to demonstrate negotiation, mediation, and advocacy and leadership skills.

Skills

On completion of this module successful students should also demonstrate the following generic and professional skills:
• Independent critical and analytical skills
• The ability to apply knowledge and skills in an investigative context
• Team working and communication skills
• Data search and synthesis and written, numerical and graphical presentation skills
• Application of IT skills
• The ability to reflect on learning

Assessment

Students must pass all assessment components.