Undergraduate Course: Transferable Skills for Earth Scientists (EASC10024)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Earth Science |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course involves the assessment of written and oral presentation material, including the delivery of seminars and esay on a selected research topic, the delivery of a report on Enterprise Initiative and the 24-hour essay. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The main learning objective of this course is to develop the skills required when making presentations, making decisions, self-presentation in interviews and working in groups. This course consists of three components which draw on and develop different techniques and skills. The enterprise initiative will give students the chance to solve a problem set in a professional level context which requires them to make judgements where data/information is limited and/or sourced from a number of locations. The student seminar series and accompanying essay involves the development of an in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of one specific area of the earth sciences and gives students the opportunity to practise making formal presentations and communicating with informed audiences and professional level peers. In the twenty-four hour essay students will synthesize their understanding on a major theme of topical interest in the earth sciences and present a detailed and critical understanding of the principal theories which are associated with this theme. |
Assessment Information
| For EG students: Enterprise Initiative (18%); seminars (55%); oral assessment (27%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | Transkills_Earth_Scientists |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Jung
Tel:
Email: simon.jung@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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