Undergraduate Course: Environmental Geosciences Projects (EASC10009)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Earth Science |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course has two components:
(i) a research project carried out over 4 weeks during the summer vacation and continuing into Semester 1, supported by a literature review submitted in Week 1 of Semester 1 in year 4; and
(ii) an oral exam based on an important topic related to Environmental Geoscience. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 1,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 160,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
213 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. The different parts of this course have differing intended learning outcomes. The literature review is designed to make students develop a detailed, critical, up to date understanding of a specific area of environmental geosciences related to their research project.
2. The main learning outcome of the summer project is to enable students to exercise professional level autonomy and initiative whilst implementing independent sampling and/or analytical research plans to address a specific environmental question.
3. Students are expected to offer professional level insights and identify the relevant outcomes of their project. |
Assessment Information
Final Report: 85 %, Literature Review: 10%. Oral Exam: 5%.
Final Dissertation Report, a maximum of 6,000 words.
Literature Review, a maximum 2,500 words.
For the oral exam, each student will be given a topic, given a few minutes to think about and then asked questions on the topic for five minutes.
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
There are no lectures associated with this course. Students must spend 4 weeks on their research during the summer vacation and continue to work on the dissertation during Semester 1 when they don¿t have lectures and other commitments. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Published papers in the specific field of research. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | EG_Research Projects |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Raja Ganeshram
Tel: (0131 6)50 7364
Email: R.Ganeshram@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Ken O'Neill
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: koneill3@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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