Undergraduate Course: Meteorology Project 1 (METE10004)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Meteorology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course aims to develop independence in the skills of 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. Further details are available from the Programme Information Booklet. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, it is expected that students will:
1)have learnt how to conduct a comprehensive search of the literature relevant to a research topic and to select and summarise the crucial aspects of the relevant literature
2)have gained experience of the organisation and completion of an extended project where the results and outcomes are not fully defined at the beginning
3)have learnt how to write a full report including a concise summary of the relevant literature, the pertinent aspects of the method and a critical discussion of the results and conclusions
4)have gained experience in the preparation of oral reporting of results |
Assessment Information
Laboratory performance, 35%
Project report, 55%
Poster, 10% |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gabriele Hegerl
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Course secretary | Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
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