Postgraduate Course: Applied Carbon Methods (PGGE11209)
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 | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course aims to turn out students who are able to approach dissertations with all the necessary research methods training to address most carbon management issues as well as enter any organisation and have the skills and knowledge on the key areas to research and evaluate carbon management and ultimately to make recommendations on improvement. |
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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 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two Assessments:
1. Carbon Audit Report- 60%
2. Dissertation Proposal (Individual work 30% - Following the provided proposal template approximately)
3. Participation- 10% |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students should have:
- Understanding of dissertation research methods and requirements
- Understanding of key methods of Carbon Inventory measurement including carbon footprinting and lifecycle assessments
- Ability to conduct a footprint exercise
- Understanding of Carbon Benchmarking as a method of business comparison, performance evaluation and improvement including issues of allocation and normalisation
- Ability to conduct a Carbon Benchmark
- Proficiency in assessing carbon stocks and greenhouse gas fluxes in managed and natural ecosystems, and familiarity with measurement methodologies
- Understanding of limitations of reported stock and flux figures and budget
- Understanding of cost benefit analysis and its application to financial additionality assessment
Cognitive Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
- Critically assess ecosystem carbon stock and greenhouse gas budgets
- Critically assess ecosystem carbon footprints, league tables and benchmarks
- Understand the ways in which to work more effectively in teams to deliver carbon assessment reports and information relevant to academia, businesses and policy makers
Subject-Specific Skills
After completing this course, students should be able to:
- Understand the implications of changing methodologies on national and corporate GHG budget reporting
- Understand the implications of emerging flux and stock reporting policies on data generation, validation and uncertainty
- Be able to understand, speak and write the language of carbon stock, flux, footprint and benchmark measurement, cost benefit analysis and financial additionality assessment.
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Reading List
Students are expected to have read:
The Craft of Research. Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb and Joseph M. Williams, 3rd Edition, 2008.
This is one of the most comprehensive and accessible books addressing how to undertake academic
research. It is aimed at all researchers and addresses many of the topics in this course. Written as a
general ¿how to¿ guide in setting and writing up research rather than a traditional textbook format.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Edward R. Tufte, 2nd Edition, 2001. A picture can be
worth a thousand words, if presented well. This book illustrates best, and worst, practice of presenting
data in pictorial format.
Other texts
Details of other recommended readings may be provided on the course website from time to time. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | carbonmethods |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Stephen Porter
Tel: (0131 6)51 4545
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Alice Heatley
Tel: (0131 6)50 4866
Email: |
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