Postgraduate Course: Applied Carbon Methods (PGGE11209)
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 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This 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. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, 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 |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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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
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. |
Assessment Information
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) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
To be provided. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures and tutorials. |
| Keywords | carbonmethods |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Jeremy Turk
Tel: (0131 6)50 2269
Email: Jeremy.Turk@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Olivia Eadie
Tel: (0131 6)51 4657
Email: Olivia.Eadie@ed.ac.uk |
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