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Postgraduate Course: Applied Carbon Methods (PGGE11209)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course aims to turn out students who are able to approach dissertations with all the necessary research methods training to address most carbon management issues as well as enter any organisation and have the skills and knowledge on the key areas to research and evaluate carbon management and ultimately to make recommendations on improvement.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Two Assessments:

1. Carbon Audit Report (Group work, 70% - 20% of the this mark will be associated with the 1st draft and the remaining 80% will consist of the mark given for the final draft)

2. Dissertation Proposal (Individual work 30% - Following the provided proposal template approximately)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students should have:
- Understanding of dissertation research methods and requirements
- Understanding of key methods of Carbon Inventory measurement including carbon footprinting and lifecycle assessments
- Ability to conduct a footprint exercise
- Understanding of Carbon Benchmarking as a method of business comparison, performance evaluation and improvement including issues of allocation and normalisation
- Ability to conduct a Carbon Benchmark
- Proficiency in assessing carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes in managed and natural ecosystems, and familiarity with measurement methodologies
- Understanding of limitations of reported stock and flux figures and budget
- Understanding of cost benefit analysis and its application to financial additionality assessment

Cognitive Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
- Critically assess ecosystem carbon stock and greenhouse gas budgets
- Critically assess ecosystem carbon footprints, league tables and benchmarks
- Understand the ways in which to work more effectively in teams to deliver carbon assessment reports and information relevant to academia, businesses and policy makers
Subject-Specific Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
- Understand the implications of changing methodologies on national and corporate GHG budget reporting
- Understand the implications of emerging flux and stock reporting policies on data generation, validation and uncertainty
- Be able to understand, speak and write the language of carbon stock, flux, footprint and benchmark measurement, cost benefit analysis and financial additionality assessment.
Reading List
To be provided.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordscarbonmethods
Contacts
Course organiserMr Stephen Porter
Tel: (0131 6)51 4545
Email: stephen.porter@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Alice Heatley
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: alice.heatley@ed.ac.uk
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