? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : GEO-4-ECOSKILL

Professional skills include (a) technical skills and (b) interpersonal skills. We will discuss the following topics in an integrated way. How to be effective; Planning a project; Survey and Experimentation; Philosophy and objectives of statistical analysis; ANOVA; Communicating science to your peers; Communicating Science to the public; Applying for a job and being interviewed; Being an ecological consultant; Forming a spin-out company.

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Home subject area

Ecological Science, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

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

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 25/09/2006 09:00 12:00 Room 302, Crew Building KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 09:00 12:00 KB

At the end of the course you should be able to:
-design research projects
-plan your work properly
-produce scientific text at the level needed for the project dissertation
-apply statistical analyses at a level needed for the project dissertation
-give a presentation at conference level
-make a poster at conference level

Coursework: two assignments at 25% each; one examination 50%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Helen McKeating
Tel : (0131 6)50 5430
Email : Helen.McKeating@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof John Grace
Tel : (0131 6)50 5400
Email : j.grace@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/