Undergraduate Course: Earth Modelling and Prediction 2 (EASC08026)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	A mathematical description of Earth systems can both aid in prediction of these systems and lead to deeper understanding. In addition, many disciplines in the geosciences are becoming increasingly quantitative. This course is designed to give students mathematical skills needed to understand geoscience problems involving differentiation, integration, differential equations and the derivation of conservation equations. These topics are presented in a geoscience context, with techniques applied to environmental fluid mechanics, geochemistry, geomorphology, glaciology and thermal properties of the Earth. Students will learn through problem sets, online quizzes, readings and tutorial sessions.
Course description	THERE ARE NO TUTORIALS IN WEEK 1 Syllabus Week 1: Introduction, application of mathematics to natural systems Week 2: Differentiation, applied differentiation Week 3: Integration; introduction, rules, applied integration Week 4: Partial differentiation and coordinate systems Week 5: Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied partial differentiation Week 6: Conservation equations: Diffusion within porous media Week 7: Conservation equations: Diffusion of heat and energy (dynamic and steady-state) Week 8: Hydrodynamics applications: River dynamics Week 9: River dynamics continued; Ocean dynamics Week 10: Review week

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 196 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Assessment details Written Exam: 60%, Course Work: 40%, Practical Exam: 0%. Course work: 3 equally-weighted online multiple choice assessments based on course material and tutorial problem sets. The exam will be worth 60% of the overall course. Of the exam, 60% of the marks are for short questions very similar to the tutorial problems and the online assessments; 40% of the marks will be for 2 longer questions that require some creative thinking. We will show you how to do well in the longer questions in Week 10. Past exams are available from https://exampapers.ed.ac.uk/. The exam questions will vary in difficulty ¿ to get the best marks will require you to think creatively about new problems. Partial credit will be given for working. Assessment deadlines Problem Set 1: 12:00, Thursday of week 4 Problem Set 2: 12:00, Thursday of week 6 Problem set 3: 12:00, Thursday of week 8 Assessment and Feedback information See course handbook on Learn All details related to extensions procedures and late penalties can be found in the School of Geosciences General Handbook.
Feedback	- Tutor-led tutorial sessions in which students will arrive having worked through some or all of the current week's tutorial problem set and ask the demonstrators to work through more challenging problems on whiteboard. The course organiser will be present at some of these tutorials as well to enable face-to-face contact. - Answers to select problems from tutorial problem set will be posted on LEARN in following week Examples of feedback can be found here: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/geosciences/teaching-organisation/staff/feedback-and-marking
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Differentiate simple equations Integrate simple equations Solve simple differential equations Derive and solve conservation equations for natural systems