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Undergraduate Course: Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists (EASC10062)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaEarth Science Other subject areaEnvironmental Courses
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course comprises these elements:

1. Enterprise initiative. All students will participate in the Enterprise Initiative currently taken by Geology 4, Geology/Physical Geography 4 and Geophysics 4. This consists of training in a variety of transferable skills, including job application and interview methods, and oral and written presentation. The course takes place in the first week of Semester 1 and again is Semester 2 (dates to be finalised). Certain elements will be specific to Environmental Geoscience.

2. Seminars. During the course of your final year EG4 students will conduct a number of seminars that will be assessed. These oral presentations will be a component of Global Environmental Change (GEC) and Environmental Problems and Issues (EPI). EG4 students are given a series of papers to read and a week to prepare their presentation. More detailed guidelines will be given at the start of each course.

3. Oral Assessment. All students will have 2 oral assessments during the year. A first practice, non-assessed, examination will take place in January followed by an assessed examination in May. The students have 10 minutes preparation time followed by a 5 minutes oral presentation in front of several members of EG staff. The aim of this exercise is to assess the student's ability to build a constructive response to a short question and conduct an oral examination in a more formal situation than those already experienced in Global Environmental Change (GEC) and Environmental Problems and Issues (EPI).
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  0
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
Additional information Continuous assessment, based on Enterprise Initiative, seminars and oral assessment.
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Through the assessed masterclass group task students will practice critically identifying and analysing professional level problems and making decisions where data is limited or comes from a range of sources. The seminar series will enable students to develop a detailed knowledge and understanding of a specific subject which they will supplement with relevant recent developments before formally presenting the data collected to the class. The oral assessment will test the student&©s ability to build a constructive and consolidated response to a short question.
Assessment Information
Enterprise Initiative, seminars and oral assessment.
Special Arrangements
None
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
KeywordsTranskills_EG
Contacts
Course organiserMs Mary Elliot
Tel: (0131 6)50 8514
Email: Mary.Elliot@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk
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