Postgraduate Course: Research Practice and Project Planning (PGGE11138)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Geosciences |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| 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 |
The course aims to equip the student with a variety of skills useful to the professional research scientist or GIS professional. These include writing, presenting, organising, managing and conducting field work. The course introduces the GIS dissertation and leads into the annual MSc conference, where students contribute talks on their chosen field of research.
This course comprises the following activities:
- a weekend field course in which students will undertake field based GIS projects. This is supported by field technique tutorials in which students will learn about GIS data capture using surveying and GPS methods.
- a series of seminars from national mapping agencies, politicians, consultancies, research laboratories and researchers associated with the field of geographic information.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Laboratory | | 1-11 | | | | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 10:00 - 12:00 |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
2 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). Block 1, 29-31 October 2010 - Kindrogan Weekend
Semester 2: Wk 11 - MSc Conference |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should have achieved and demonstrated:
- Acquisition and application of a set of problem solving skills to design, manage and execute small scale, team based projects;
- Search, read, assess the quality of, and summarise relevant literature from a variety of sources in support of understanding, and formalisation of argument;
- Utilise, and understand the importance of, a set of transferable skills common to any task, specifically: time management, and the communication of ideas using various media (oral, graphical, written);
- An ability to use a variety of field based techniques and equipment concerned with the capture of geospatial information, including the management and presentation of geospatial data
- Understand business and career opportunities in the field of GI (both research and industrial), understanding the ethos of each;
- To utilise all of these skills in the preparation, design and execution of the dissertation project;
- To understand the context of current debates and thinking in GI through participation in a dedicated seminar series;
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Assessment Information
| 100% coursework: Project Work (40%), Project Plan (40%), Presentation at Conference (20%) |
Special Arrangements
| Course only available to students on the taught or research MSc GIS programmes. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
GIS, professional research, project management, research design, presentation skills, efficient team |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Genevieve Patenaude
Tel: (0131 6)51 4472
Email: genevieve.patenaude@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Caroline Keir
Tel: (0131 6)50 2543
Email: caroline.keir@ed.ac.uk |
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