Postgraduate Course: Research & Project Management Skills (PGGE11103)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Geosciences |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course aims to equip the student with a variety of skills useful to a professional undertaking, communicating and/or managing research. These include computing, programming, writing and presenting skills. The course also covers the definition, planning and running of a research project. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1. Write simple programs to plot and display data, to produce publication-quality graphs and include them in a written document or web page.
2. Plan, draft and polish scientific papers and reports, which are clearly written and well-structured.
3. Prepare and deliver a talk on a scientific subject.
4. Select, define and plan the execution of a research project, and prepare a coherent and convincing research proposal.
The student will pursue outcome 4 in the context of defining and getting approval of the research they intend to undertake for their Masters dissertation.
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Assessment Information
Programming tasks.
Conference participation and presentation.
Project proposal (2,000 words) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Hugh Pumphrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6026
Email: h.c.pumphrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
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