Undergraduate Course: Transferable Skills for Environmental Geoscientists (EASC10062)
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 | Environmental Courses |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The 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).
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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: 0 |
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| First Class |
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| Additional information |
Continuous assessment, based on Enterprise Initiative, seminars and oral assessment. |
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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 |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Transkills_EG |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Mary Elliot
Tel: (0131 6)50 8514
Email: Mary.Elliot@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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