Undergraduate Course: Geophysics International Field Course (EASC10111)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Course in field geophysics run in conjunction with partner universities in France and Germany (80%). Presentations during Innovative Learning Week (20%) |
| 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 running Saturday to Saturday which contains October 1st (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:
2016: Germany (Bermuthshein in the Vogelsberg mountains)
2017: France (location TBA, probably Montalivet-Les-Bains).
2018: Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
2019: Germany (Location TBA)
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.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | £150-200 depending on the destination. Costs will be updated annually and include a student subsidy. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 18,
Fieldwork Hours 48,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
10 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Fieldwork in-field competence assessment: 40%
Fieldwork report: 40%
Presentation in ILW: 20%
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| Feedback |
The students get continuous feedback during the field course: in the field on their field skills, and in the late afternoons and evenings when they are doing data processing and interpretation. Staff are always on hand, often teaching but even more often answering questions and giving feedback. Feedback on the presentations is given by all staff present, but also by the rest of the class. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- operate pieces of equipment commonly used for near-surface geophysics.
- understand the value of each technique, and when it should and should not be used, and what it can tell you about the Earth.
- make decisions and interpretations where data is limited and comes from a range of sources.
- work in international, cross-disciplinary teams to tackle a common problem.
- give conference presentations to a professional standard.
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Reading List
| Applied Geophysics, 2nd Edition W. M. Telford, L. P. Geldart & R. E. Sheriff |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Teamwork. Presentation skills. Fieldwork skills. Report-writing skills. |
| Keywords | Geophysics,field |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hugh Pumphrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6026
Email: h.c.pumphrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Thomas
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: Sarah.Thomas@ed.ac.uk |
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