Undergraduate Course: Transferable Skills for Geophysicists (EASC10040)
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 |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course includes two components, both of which are essential components of the geophysics senior honours year, but which are otherwise independent of each other.
The first component is the field trip. This forms 80% of the course. The field trip is held in the week containing 1st October (usually week 3 of the semester). The trip is run in conjunction with the Université de Paris Sud (France) and the Universitet Münster (Germany) and is held in locations in the UK, Germany and France on a 3-year cycle. The current planned locations are as follows:
2014: Montalivet-Les-Bains, France
2015: Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
2016: Germany (probably Bermuthshein in the Vogelsberg mountains)
2017: France
While on the field trip, students will apply a variety of geophysical techniques (gravity, seismic, resistivity, magnetic surveying, ground-penetrating radar) to the same study area in order to learn as much as possible about the subsurface properties of that study area.
The second component is a presentation given during Innovative Learning Week. The subject of the presentation is the project work which the student carried out in semester 1. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Class Delivery Information |
One week field course close to the start of Semester 1; Enterprise typically week 1 of Semesters 1 and 2. |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 12,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1,
Fieldwork Hours 80,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
5 )
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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 |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The field course further develops student's field skills so that they have a detailed knowledge and understanding of key field practises as well as a critical understanding of their value. Fieldwork represents further experience of making decisions where data is limited or comes from a range of sources as well as being a professional level context with an inherent degree of unpredictability.
The presentations develop the student¿s presentation skills. |
Assessment Information
Written Exam: 0%, Course Work: 100%, Practical Exam: 0%.
40%: on-the-spot assessment of fieldwork aptitude by the staff on the field course.
40%: Short report on the field course.
20%: Presentation. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
Fundamentals of Geophysics by William Lowrie (Cambridge) ISBN: 978-0-521-67596-3 |
| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Transkills_Geophysicists |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hugh Pumphrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6026
Email: h.c.pumphrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Ken O'Neill
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: koneill3@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
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