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 usually run in conjunction with partner universities in France and Germany (80%)
Presentations during week 10 of semester 2 (20%)
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| Course description |
This course consists entirely of a field trip run in conjunction with partner universities: the Université Paris-Saclay in France and Universitet Münster in Germany. The trip is held in locations in the UK, Germany and France on a 3-year cycle. The current planned locations are as follows:
2023: France: Rochechouart
2024: England: (Shropshire, Coalbrookdale YHA, field site near Little Wenlock)
2025: Germany (Probably Daun, in the Eifel region, Rheinland-Pfalz)
2026: France (Probably Rochechouart again)
The field course is usually held in the week containing 1 October; this is either week 2 or week 3 of semester 1
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 40 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
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,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
58 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment details
Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Coursework divided as follows:
Field work in-field competence assessment: 40%
Geophysics field work report: 60%
Assessment deadlines
(need this information):
Geophysics Field Work Report : Semester 1, week 5 (Wednesday) (FIXME check for clashes.
Presentations: Semester 2, week 10 (Usually Wednesday as part of the day of geophysics talks.)
Students must attain an overall mark of 40% (or above) to pass the course.
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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 report will be given via comments in TurnItIn. |
| 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 various geophysical techniques, when each technique 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 cross-disciplinary teams (international in most years) to tackle a common problem.
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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. Fieldwork skills. Report-writing skills. |
| Keywords | Geophysics,field |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Hugh Pumphrey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6026
Email: Hugh.Pumphrey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Johan De Klerk
Tel: (0131 6)50 7010
Email: johan.deklerk@ed.ac.uk |
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