Undergraduate Course: Geophysics Project 1 (EASC10052)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to develop independence in the skills of research, 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 will be available on LEARN. |
| Course description |
Not applicable.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Research Training for Geophysics (EASC09055)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
186 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam: 0%, Course Work: 100 %, Practical Exam: 0%. |
| Feedback |
Regular (~1 hour per week) meetings with supervisor(s) allow for discussion of ideas, results and plans. Supervisors will provide feedback on an outline plan and sample text (~2 pages) for your report. Markers provide written feedback on your final report. You give an oral presentation of your S1 project results in S2, with immediate oral (questions) and written feedback (comments) from staff and peers. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Learnt how to conduct a comprehensive literature search relevant to a research topic and to select and summarise key findings.
- Learnt how knowledge and understanding in the area is developed and some of the established techniques employed to achieve this.
- Gained experience of organisation and completion of an extended project where results and outcomes are not fully defined at the outset.
- Used advanced/specialised skills in research, e.g., laboratory, fieldwork, or computer analysis, practising significant autonomy and initiative.
- Learnt how to produce a written report and oral presentation including a concise summary, description of methods and a critical discussion of results and conclusions.
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Reading List
| Supervisors will suggest project specific reading. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Semester 1: 2 days per week, weeks 2 to 11 |
| Keywords | GP Project 1 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Simon Tett
Tel: (0131 6)50 5341
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Thomas
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: |
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