Undergraduate Course: Geophysics Project (EASC10065)
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 | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| 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. |
| Course description |
Further information available on "Senior Honours Geophysics Projects" on LEARN. See handbook.
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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 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 22,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
370 )
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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%.
Poster: 10% of course mark.
Report: 85% of your final mark.
Presentation: 5% of your final mark.
Assessment deadlines
Poster session: Week 2 of semester 2.
Report: Semester 2, Noon on Monday of Week 12
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| Feedback |
Regular (~30 minutes per week for about 8 hours in total) 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 results in S2, with immediate oral (questions) and written feedback (comments) from staff and peers as part of the ¿International Field Course¿. Early in Semester 2 you will take part in a poster session which is worth 10% of your mark for the course. |
| 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 an 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 |
| Keywords | GP Project 2 semester |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Simon Tett
Tel: (0131 6)50 5341
Email: Simon.Tett@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Johan De Klerk
Tel: (0131 6)50 7010
Email: johan.deklerk@ed.ac.uk |
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