Undergraduate Course: Environmental Geosciences Projects (EASC10009)
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 | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course is a independent research project carried out by the student supervised by staff(s). The work will be 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. |
| Course description |
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.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam: 0%, Course Work: 100 %, Practical Exam: 0%.
The final mark of the Environmental Geosciences project consist of three components: a) 85 % are based on the mark for the dissertation, b) 10 % reflect the mark for the literature review and c) 5% are based on an oral exam. The word counts for the dissertation and the literature review are 6,000 and 2,500, respectively. |
| Feedback |
Feedback will be provided on three seminars illustrating the progress of the research project. These presentations will be given in term 1 (2 presentations) and term 2 (during ILW). Feedback will also be provided on the literature review, during the duration of the research project (by the supervisor) and along with the assessment of the dissertation itself. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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.
- 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 research question.
- Students are expected to offer professional level insights and identify the relevant outcomes of their project.
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Reading List
| Published papers in the specific field of research. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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 | Miss Eilein Fraser
Tel: (0131 6)50 5430
Email: Eilein.Fraser@ed.ac.uk |
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