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image: Illustration of parameters in equation used to calculate the sound level it hears from an echo returning from its own click†
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Semester: 2†
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Additional Module Information:
Biology Teaching Office:
Level 2, Biomolecular Sciences Building, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST
Email: bioteach@st-andrews.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 3602 or 3566
BL4256: Assessment
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Who to ask †
(Information in this section applies to all Biology Modules)
Before contacting staff, students should check the content of the Biology Undergraduate Handbook, the module handbook and specific task instructions.
Biology Teaching Office:
We are happy to hear from you about teaching matters. The School of Biology Teaching Office is open Monday to Friday 09.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00. School of Biology staff will respond to your emails during these hours. Our team will provide a response to you within three working days.
Biology Teaching Office (Level 2), University of St Andrews, Biomolecular Sciences Building, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST
Email: bioteach@st-andrews.ac.uk
Tel: 01334 46 3602 or 3566
BL4256: Contributing Staff †
BL4256: Learning Outcomes †
Students completing module BL4256 successfully should be able to:
- At a general level, this course should exercise your skills in learning how to frame conceptual problems into a quantitative framework and to solve them.
- Learn how to frame a problem in simple quantitative terms and to solve it
- Critically evaluate the marine bioacoustics literature
- Estimate how far a sound or an echo may be detected
- Understand how marine mammals use sound, and how they may be affected by sounds made by humans
- Demonstrate a knowledge of fundamentals of underwater acoustics
- Demonstrate a knowledge of behavioral ecology of how cetaceans sense, make, and use sound
- Have developed the competence to make acoustic measurements and relate these to expectations based upon models
BL4256: Acquired Skills †
Practical Skills
- Field sampling methods (Vertebrates)
- Fieldwork safety awareness
- Species identification (Vertebrates)
Transferable Skills
- Group discussion - participating
- Short individual presentation on given topic (up to 15 min)
- Short informal presentation (using PowerPoint or not)
- "Full" practical write-up (Intro, Methods, Results, Discussion)
- "Short" practical write-up (e.g. completed worksheet)
- Report to Health & Safety Executive
- Critically evaluating sources/information
- Ethical considerations
- Lab safety awareness
- Peer assessment
- Problem-solving questions
- Acoustic analysis
- Calculations/equations
- Data analysis
- Data presentation
- Decimal places
- Draw a line of best fit
- Linear regression
- Logarithms
- Non-linear fit
- Other mathematical models
- Produce graphs/figures
- Use other data analysis software
- Designing experiments
- Generate class dataset
- Organising group work
- Working in pairs/small groups
Policies †
(Information in this section applies to all Biology Modules)
- The procedures and regulations followed by the School of Biology are outlined in the University Handbook and in the School of Biology UG handbook  JH booklet info (st-andrews.ac.uk)Â
- All coursework associated with the module must be completed and submitted by its due date.
- Specific School regulations relating to absence reporting, penalties and rules for late submission of work, extensions for coursework, return of coursework, S-coding, Good Academic Practice and Academic Alert are stated in the School of Biology UG hand book JH booklet info (st-andrews.ac.uk)  and students are required to carefully read these regulations.
- Students are also referred to the University Handbook, available at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/studenthandbook/
