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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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. |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Additional information |
Some teaching at Institute of Geography |
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) |
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Dr Hugh Pumphrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6026
Email: h.c.pumphrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
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