Human Impact in the Natural Environment

Core learning: If you have a general interest in this topic, you can work through the activities in around three hours each week.
Further your understanding: An extra two hours a week can be set aside to further your understanding through additional materials.
Times are approximate Revision: Each week includes an optional revision activity for which you should allow two hours.

About the week Activity One Activity Two Activity Three Revision

The principles of Causality Internal drivers vs The mathematics of Revision (optional) Week 1 summary
human impact in the external drivers human ecology
natural environment
• Welcome to the course • Causality (00:25) • Internal drivers vs external • The mathematics of human • Key points revisited (00:10) • Reflection on the week (00:15)
Week 1

(00:15) • Patterns of diversity (00:25) drivers (00:25) human ecology (00:20) • Revise research task(00:30) • Glossary
• Research and discuss (00:20) • Human longevity and • Revise and discuss (01:20)
brain size (00:15)
• Reflect and discuss (00:20)

Further your understanding (02:00)

Applying the Case study: Discussion: Writing about: Revision (optional) Week 2 summary
principles Ecocentric vs Mathematics of Statistics and
anthropocentric natural dynamics correlation
• The week ahead (00:05) • Case study (00:30) • Discussion (00:25) • Statistics and correlation • Key points revisited (00:10) • Reflection on the week
Week 2

• Your reflections (00:20) (00:45) • Q&A (01:50) (00:15)

• Discuss and reflect (00:15) • Test your understanding
(00:20)
• Next steps (00:05)

Further your understanding (02:00)