Postgraduate Course: Thesis, Project and Dissertation (PGGE11145)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	60	ECTS Credits	30
Summary	Project work in related area of exploration geophysics work lasting for at least 3 months. Projects can be field or laboratory-based, or jointly with industry or other research institute; project normally lasted for three months and longer project have to be agreed with course leader and project supervisor. The final deliverables include a thesis, a seminar, poster presentation or power-point presentation, as well as the final viva.
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 20
Course Start	Flexible
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 578 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% continuous assessment.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this project, the students should achieved the following learning outcomes: * Ability to conduct geophysics work independently * Ability to write a scientific and project report * Ability to present and discuss one?s own work to a wide audience