Research & Project Management Skills (P01521)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : GEO-P-RSRPMS

This course aims to equip the student with a variety of skills useful to a professional undertaking, communicating and/or managing research. These include computing, programming, writing and presenting skills. The course also covers the definition, planning and running of a research project.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Available only to postgraduate students. Prohibted combination: Research Design and Project Management P00748.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
20/09/2006	11:00	13:00

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Wednesday	11:10	13:00	KB

? Additional Class Information : Some teaching at Institute of Geography

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Write simple programs to plot and display data, to produce publication-quality graphs and include them in a written document or web page.
2. Plan, draft and polish scientific papers and reports, which are clearly written and well-structured.
3. Prepare and deliver a talk on a scientific subject.
4. Select, define and plan the execution of a research project, and prepare a coherent and convincing research proposal.

The student will pursue outcome 4 in the context of defining and getting approval of the research they intend to undertake for their Masters dissertation.