Postgraduate Course: Professional and Field Skills in GIS and EO (PGGE11317)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to equip participants with the appropriate field and meta skills necessary to enter the professional geospatial workplace, or to conduct further research effectively. The focus is on the skills necessary for a successful career in Earth Observation or Geographical Information Science (GIS). These include writing, presenting, organising, managing projects and time, negotiating, networking and conducting field work. Emphasis is given to developing core meta skills and supporting the integrated group project which runs across various of the other core courses. |
| Course description |
This course comprises these core activities:
A series of lectures and workshops on key topics.
A research project run in conjunction with other core courses;
A field trip in the Scottish Highlands, to learn various survey-related techniques, drone surveys, and apply these to the project work;
The AGI/EEO professional seminar series, comprising presentations from researchers and professionals in GIS and EO.
The students will explore a variety of debates relating to the profession and gain a clear sense of career opportunities. The seminar programme provides an excellent networking opportunity, which should be taken advantage of. Online assessment will test student's knowledge on a week-by-week basis.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 50 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 5,
Fieldwork Hours 50,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
141 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% Coursework«br /»
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Presentation 30% «br /»
AI Assessment 20% «br /»
Gantt Chart assignment 20% «br /»
Weekly Online quizzes. 30% |
| Feedback |
Weekly feedback via online quiz results. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Take responsibility for their own learning through reading and the preparation of assignments, and reflect upon their learning experience.
- Demonstrate project management capability and adaptability in relation to working individually and in a group.
- Show an ability to undertake research to a professional standard, ensuring they can formulate an argument, locate and reference literature, plan a project, determine necessary resources, manage their time and orally present information.
- Gain presentation and communication skills; develop communication, management and interactive skills through group work; understand the need to manage resources available to help in the creation of the research project plan; show extended project management and organisation skills.
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Reading List
Allen, D. (2011) Getting Things Done: How to Achieve Stress-free Productivity, Piatkus
Bigham, J. (2011) Succeeding with Your Master's Dissertation: A Step-by-Step Handbook, Open University Press
Evans, C. (2008) Time Management for Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, London
Fitzpatrick, J., J. Secrist and D. Wright (1998) Secrets for a Successful Dissertation Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California. [ Largely focussed on undertaking a PhD; but still some useful advice ]
Hennessay, B. (2007) Writing an Essay: Simple Techniques to Transform Your Coursework and Examinations. How To Books, Oxford.
Hennessay, B. (2010) How to Write Coursework and Exam Essays. How To Books, Oxford.
Swetnam, D. and R. Swetnam (2010) Writing Your Dissertation: The bestselling guide to planning, preparing and presenting first-class work. How To Books, Oxford |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | GIS,geospatial,Earth observation,remote sensing,project management,time management,meta skills |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Iain Woodhouse
Tel: (0131 6)50 2527
Email: i.h.woodhouse@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Felicity Smail
Tel:
Email: Felicity.Smail@ed.ac.uk |
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