Undergraduate Course: Geology and Landscapes (EASC08030)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is only available to students on the following programmes.
- Earth Science and Physical Geography (BSc Hons) - 4 Years
- Earth Science and Physical Geography (MEarthSci Hons) - 5 Years
- Earth Sciences (BSc Hons) - 4 Years
- Earth Sciences (MEarthSci Hons) - 5 Years
- Environmental Geoscience (BSc Hons)
- Geophysics and Geology (BSc Hons)
- Geophysics and Geology (MEarthPhys Hons) - 5 Years
- Geophysics and Geology (MEarthPhys)
- Geophysics and Geology with Professional Placement (MEarthPhys)
This course introduces you to interpreting the geological record from geological maps, cross-sections, GIS software and rock samples. The campus taught component is then put into practice during a week-long residential field trip to the Lake District. |
| Course description |
****THIS COURSE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS WHERE IT IS LISTED AS COMPULSORY ON THEIR DPT****
The course will allow you to develop 3D visualisation skills and 4D-thinking abilities through interpretation and construction of geological maps and cross-sections. These skills will be integrated with hand specimen descriptions and compilation of geological histories of mapped areas. The course will also introduce the application of online digital databases (published geological maps; Digital Elevation Models; radar interferometry; remote sensing; satellite imagery) in solving global geological problems. A collective of graduate employers in a recent teaching review has highlighted these skills as vital for geoscientists. The course fieldtrip to the Lake District lays the foundations of field-skills required to prepare you for the fieldwork aspects of your future degree.
============================================ FIELD TRIP DATES =============================================
====== STUDENTS NEED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR BOTH DATES, as you are randomly allocated and NO changes are allowed =====
The field trip dates for AY24/25 will be:
Saturday, 5 April 2025 ¿ Friday, 11 April 2025 or
Monday, 26 May 2025 - Sunday, 1 June 2025
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*Students who have previously taken Introduction to the Geological Record should not take this course*
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 107 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30,
Fieldwork Hours 70,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
86 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework |
| Feedback |
Students will have the opportunity to receive feedback in the following instances: Personal 1-to-1 feedback during the practicals, as students complete the exercises (once a week) from teaching staff and demonstrators; Individual feedback on assessed coursework completed during the course; Feedback during the field trip as students¿ progress with producing their notebook and geological map. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge and techniques to interpret the Earth's surface as expressed in maps, cross-sections and other 2/3D data.
- Apply knowledge, skills and understanding of the description of geological hand specimens and the geological history that they record.
- Understand the concept of the geological record, gaps in time and the geological history of a chosen area.
- Apply geological field mapping skills in simple geological settings.
- Understand and be able to use modern remote sensing techniques to complement the geological information recorded at the surface of the Earth.
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Reading List
| An introduction to geological structures and maps: Bennison, George Mills, Oliver, Paul A., Moseley, K. A. and Understanding Earth: John P. Grotzinger & Thomas H. Jordan. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
3D visualisation skills and 4D-thinking abilities, hand specimen descriptions and compilation of geological histories of mapped areas, application of online digital databases (published geological maps; Digital Elevation Models; radar interferometry; remote sensing; imagery). A collective of graduate employers in a recent teaching review has highlighted these skills as vital for geoscientists. |
| Keywords | Geological maps,rock descriptions,sedimentology,GIS,geological history |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Linda Kirstein
Tel:
Email: linda.kirstein@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Johan De Klerk
Tel: (0131 6)50 7010
Email: johan.deklerk@ed.ac.uk |
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