Undergraduate Course: Geophysics Project 1 (EASC10052)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to develop independence in the skills of research, project design and management, develop oral and written reporting skills, to encourage high quality technical presentation and non-technical written summaries. Project work is your main chance to work on your own topic of interest and to show your own initiative and programming or experimental skills.
"Senior Honours Geophysics Projects" on LEARN.
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| Course description |
Further information available via learn.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Research Training for Geophysics (EASC09055)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
186 )
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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%.
Reports for single semester projects are typically 25-30 pages A4 but must be no more than 35 pages - including all diagrams, references and appendices. You should use a 12 point Arial font, 2.5cm margins, 1.5 line spacing. All your figure elements should also use at least a 12 point font.
Assessment Deadlines
- Semester 1, 20 Credit Report - Semester 2, Week 0, Friday, 12noon (For AY2020/2021 ONLY). Submit online via Turnitin.
**From AY2021/2022 Onwards the assessment deadlines will be:
- Semester 1, 20 Credit Report - Semester 2, Week 11, Thursday, 12noon. Submit online via Turnitin.
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| Feedback |
Regular (~1 hour per week for about 8 hours/semester) meetings with supervisor(s) allow for discussion of ideas, results and plans. Supervisors will provide feedback on an outline plan and sample text (~2 pages) for your report. Markers provide written feedback on your final report. You give an oral presentation of your S1 (or S2) project results in S2, with immediate oral (questions) and written feedback (comments) from staff and peers. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Conduct a comprehensive literature search relevant to a research topic and to select and summarise key findings.
- Understand how knowledge and understanding in the area is developed and some of the established techniques employed to achieve this.
- Have experience of the organisation and completion of an extended project where results and outcomes are not fully defined at the outset.
- Use advanced/specialised skills in research, e.g., laboratory, fieldwork, or computer analysis, practising significant autonomy and initiative.
- Produce a written report and give a oral presentation including a concise summary, description of methods and a critical discussion of results and conclusions.
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Reading List
| Supervisors will suggest project specific reading. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Semester 1: 2 days per week, weeks 2 to 11 |
| Keywords | GP Project 1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Simon Tett
Tel: (0131 6)50 5341
Email: Simon.Tett@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Katerina Sykioti
Tel: (0131 6)50 5430
Email: Katerina.Sykioti@ed.ac.uk |
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