Identifying Data 2022/23
Subject (*) Human Ecology Code 610G02041
Study programme
Grao en Bioloxía
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Graduate 1st four-month period
 Fourth Obligatory 6
Language
Spanish
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Bioloxía
Coordinador
Fuentes Lopez, Marcelino
 E-mail
marcelino.fuentes@udc.es
Lecturers
Fuentes Lopez, Marcelino
 E-mail
marcelino.fuentes@udc.es
Web
General description As persoas relacionámonos entre nós e co resto da natureza dunha maneira única entre todas as especies. Isto débese ó noso talento excepcional, ainda que imperfecto, para cooperar. Nesta asignatura analizamos ata que punto a xente é quen de organizarse para resolver os problemas sociais, incluidos os ambientais.

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A5 Analizar e caracterizar mostras de orixe humana.
A6 Catalogar, avaliar e xestionar recursos naturais.
A19 Analizar e interpretar o comportamento dous seres vivos.
A23 Avaliar o impacto ambiental. Diagnosticar e solucionar problemas ambientais.
A24 Xestionar, conservar e restaurar poboacións e ecosistemas.
A27 Dirixir, redactar e executar proxectos en Bioloxía.
A28 Desenvolver e implantar sistemas de xestión relacionados coa Bioloxía.
A29 Impartir coñecementos de Bioloxía.
B1 Aprender a aprender.
B2 Resolver problemas de forma efectiva.
B3 Aplicar un pensamento crítico, lóxico e creativo.
B4 Traballar de forma autónoma con iniciativa.
B5 Traballar en colaboración.
B6 Organizar e planificar o traballo.
B7 Comunicarse de maneira efectiva nunha contorna de traballo.
B8 Sintetizar a información.
B9 Formarse unha opinión propia.
B10 Exercer a crítica científica.
B11 Debater en público.
B12 Adaptarse a novas situacións.
B13 Comportarse con ética e responsabilidade social como cidadán e como profesional.
C1 Expresarse correctamente, tanto de forma oral coma escrita, nas linguas oficiais da comunidade autónoma.
C2 Dominar a expresión e a comprensión de forma oral e escrita dun idioma estranxeiro.
C3 Utilizar as ferramentas básicas das tecnoloxías da información e as comunicacións (TIC) necesarias para o exercicio da súa profesión e para a aprendizaxe ao longo da súa vida.
C4 Desenvolverse para o exercicio dunha cidadanía aberta, culta, crítica, comprometida, democrática e solidaria, capaz de analizar a realidade, diagnosticar problemas, formular e implantar solucións baseadas no coñecemento e orientadas ao ben común.
C5 Entender a importancia da cultura emprendedora e coñecer os medios ao alcance das persoas emprendedoras.
C6 Valorar criticamente o coñecemento, a tecnoloxía e a información dispoñible para resolver os problemas cos que deben enfrontarse.
C7 Asumir como profesional e cidadán a importancia da aprendizaxe ao longo da vida.
C8 Valorar a importancia que ten a investigación, a innovación e o desenvolvemento tecnolóxico no avance socioeconómico e cultural da sociedade.

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Analyze, predict and change human behavior in relation to environmental problems. A5
A6
A19
A23
A24
A27
A28
A29
 B3
B9
B10
B11
B12
 C1
C3
C8
Apply conceptual tools and theoretical knowledge to the resolution of environmental problems. A19
A23
A24
 B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B11
B12
B13
Communicate effectively these analyses, using oral and written language and information technologies. B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
B8
B9
B10
B11
B12
 C2
C4
C5
C6
C7

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Evolution of cooperation Cooperation, defection, and environmental problems. Influence of partner choice and its costs on environmental problems. Influence of information and its costs on environmental problems. Human traits related to cooperation and environmental problems.
Cooperation in human society Importance of cooperation in human societies and environmental problems. Division of labor and environmental problems. Participation in collective enterprises and environmental problems.
Application Social and environmental problems.

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Online discussion A5 A6 A19 A23 A24 A27 A28 A29 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 0 27 27
Guest lecture / keynote speech A5 A6 A19 A23 A24 A28 B2 B3 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 C1 C5 C6 C8 30 56 86
Simulation A19 B3 B10 B11 5 0 5
Directed discussion A5 A6 A19 A23 A24 A27 A28 A29 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8 15 15 30
 
Personalized attention 2 0 2
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Online discussion Written debates about student essays on Moodle
Guest lecture / keynote speech Lectures on human social behavior and environmental problems
Simulation Cooperation games
Directed discussion Oral debates on student essay topics and any other differences of opinion arising during the course

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Directed discussion
Online discussion
Description
Part-time and attendance-exempt students can choose whether to be graded in the same way as regular students or only with three essays on topics assigned by the teacher and written debates about them in Moodle. In the essays, students must defend ideas that are compatible with the scientific evidence as presented in the keynote speeches and the summaries of them that the teacher will upload to Moodle. Alternatively, students can argue why they disagree with the keynote speeches and their summaries.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Directed discussion A5 A6 A19 A23 A24 A27 A28 A29 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C8 Human behavior and environmental problems 45
Online discussion A5 A6 A19 A23 A24 A27 A28 A29 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 Human behavior and environmental problems 45
Simulation A19 B3 B10 B11 Cooperation games 10
 
Assessment comments

Each student can submit, singly or in a group, three essays on topics assigned by the teacher for online discussion in Moodle and present them orally for discussion. In the essays, students must defend ideas that are compatible with the scientific evidence as presented in the lectures and the summaries of them that the teacher will upload to Moodle. Alternatively, students can argue why they disagree with the lectures and their summaries. Each essay is worth up to 30 points.

Students who do not submit any essay will get a "No show" grade. 

Students get 2 points by participating in each small group session in the assigned schedule or instead by presenting an essay like those described in the first paragraph.

For the second and the ahead-of-schedule opportunity, each student can submit, singly or in a group, three essays, each worth 30 points. The points obtained in the first opportunity are not conserved for the second and the ahead-of-schedule opportunity.

Students can get the "Honors" grade in any opportunity, but preferentially on the first. 

Part-time and attendance-exempt students can choose whether to be graded in the same way as regular students or only with three essays as above and written debates about them in Moodle.

Sources of information
Basic Bowles, S. y Gintis, H. (2013). A cooperative species: human reciprocity and its evolution. Princeton University Press
Sigmund, K. (2010). The calculus of selfishness (Princeton series in theoretical and computational biology). Princeton University Press
Rosenzweig, M.L. (2003). Win-win ecology: how the Earth's species can survive in the midst of human enterprise. Oxford University Press

Complementary


Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before
Population Genetics and Evolution/610G02021
Ecology II: Populations and Communities/610G02040

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously

Subjects that continue the syllabus

Other comments


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.