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Undergraduate Course: Frontiers in Earth Science (GESC11003)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course will introduce students to current debates in the geosciences, presented through the medium of topical papers from high-impact, peer reviewed journals and by invited lecturers.

Students will draw on, and reinforce, skills acquired during the Project Design and Literature Analysis course (GESC11001) to research wider areas of geoscience debate related to their individual research projects. This will allow students to place their own research into the much broader context of major research areas in the geosciences.
Course description The Course Organiser will invite five lecturers, depending on their research subject, to connect to the students¿ research interests. Schedule to be confirmed.
Further Course Information.

https://path.is.ed.ac.uk/courses/GESC11003_SV1_SEM2
http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/20-21/dpt/cxgesc11003.htm
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 76 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Written Exam: 0%, Course Work: 100 %, Practical Exam: 0%.

The course work comprises an essay describing advancement of a particular research field. The word count should not exceed 2000 words including figure captions but excluding references. The essay should contain an introduction to a specific research field (including why it is important to society), the major finds (discovery) within the research field, and specifically how the research field may advance in future. The introductory and discovery sections should be well referenced and account for 50% of the final mark. The vision of future research section accounts for the other 50%.

http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-administration/exams/regulations/common-marking-scheme

Assessment deadlines
Essay deadline - Tuesday, Week 9,12:00 noon Semester 2



Feedback Feedback will be provided by the invited lecturers during the seminars. In addition, the course leader will provide feedback on the assessed essay.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand the nature of the scientific debate as it applies within the observational sciences.
  2. Develop a critical understanding of the principal theories and concepts of some key areas within geology and they will be able to summarise these arguments and present them in an appropriate fashion.
  3. Work with specialists in their particular field of research and will present a critical review of said field for the assessment and suggest how this field might advance in the future.
  4. Critically identify professional level problems and issues and offer professional level interpretations.
Reading List
Illuminating Earth's Past, Present, and Future: Science Plan of the International Ocean Discovery Program 2013-2023.

Recommended Literature
'The new scientific ocean drilling Science Framework: https://www.iodp.org/docs/iodp-future/1086-2050-science-framework-full-document/file (the students can download it from this website).

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsFrontiers_earth_science
Contacts
Course organiserProf Dick Kroon
Tel: (0131 6)50 4509
Email: dick.kroon@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Katerina Sykioti
Tel: (0131 6)50 5430
Email: Katerina.Sykioti@ed.ac.uk
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