Undergraduate Course: Environmental Geosciences Projects (EASC10009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course is a independent research project carried out by the student supervised by staff. The work will be carried out over 4 weeks during the summer vacation and continuing into Semester 1, supported by a literature review submitted in Week 1 of Semester 1 in year 4. |
| Course description |
There are no lectures associated with this course. Students must spend 4 weeks on their research during the summer vacation and continue to work on the dissertation during Semester 1 when they don't have lectures and other commitments.
Further Course Information:
https://path.is.ed.ac.uk/courses/EASC10009_SS1_SEM1
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Lecture Hours 1,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 160,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 6,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
213 )
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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%.
The final mark of the Environmental Geosciences project consists of two components: a) 90 % are based on the mark for the dissertation, b) 10 % on the literature review. The word counts for the dissertation and the literature review are 6,000 and 2,500, respectively.
http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-administration/exams/regulations/common-marking-scheme
Assessment deadlines
Literature review Submission: Semester 1, Week 2
Dissertation Submission: Semester 2, Week 4: 7 February 2020 (LEARN submission)
Assessment and Feedback information
http://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/tar17-18.pdf
All details related to extensions procedures and late penalties can be found in the School of GeoSciences General Information Handbook 2017-18
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| Feedback |
Feedback will be provided on three seminars illustrating the progress of the research project. These presentations will be given in Semester 1 (Week 5) and Semester 2 (Week 1). Feedback will also be provided on the literature review, during the duration of the research project (by the supervisor) and along with the assessment of the dissertation itself.
Assessment and Feedback information
https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/2019-taught.pdf
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- The literature review is designed to make students develop a detailed, critical, up to date understanding of a specific area of environmental geosciences related to their research project.
- The main learning outcome of the summer project is to enable students to exercise professional level autonomy and initiative whilst implementing independent sampling and/or analytical research plans to address a specific environmental research question.
- Students are expected to offer professional level insights and identify the relevant outcomes of their project.
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Reading List
Published papers in the specific field of research.
http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/docs/library/ResourceLists/Resource_Lists_and_the_Accesible_and_Inclusive_Learning_Policy.pdf
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | EG_Research Projects |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Raja Ganeshram
Tel: (0131 6)50 7364
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Katerina Sykioti
Tel: (0131 6)50 5430
Email: |
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