Undergraduate Course: Transferable Skills for Geophysicists (EASC10040)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Earth Science | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Transferable skills; Final year Field course; Enterprise; Presentation skills (see course booklet for details) | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  Contribution to food/accomodation costs of the field trip (in 2011/12, this was £228 per student). | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
		Monday | 
		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| King's Buildings | Laboratory |  | 1-11 |  |  |  14:00 - 17:00 |  |  |  | King's Buildings | Laboratory |  | 1-11 |  |  14:00 - 17:00 |  |  |  |  | King's Buildings | Laboratory |  | 1-11 |  |  |  09:00 - 10:50 |  |  |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
	| Additional information | 
	One week field course close to the start of Semester 1; Enterprise typically week 1 of Semesters 1 and 2. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
This course is taught in discrete sections which have differing learning outcomes.  The enterprise initiative is designed to give students practise team working in a professional level context and analysing complex problems where information is limited and/or comes from a range of sources.  The enterprise initiative also develops student&İs skills in making presentations, decision making and knowing how to critically approach the literature.  
The final year field course further develops student&İs field skills so that they have a detailed knowledge and understanding of key field practises as well as a critical understanding of their value.  Fieldwork represents further experience of making decisions where data is limited or comes from a range of sources as well as being a professional level context with an inherent degree of unpredictability. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| 100% continuous assessment (group and individual components e.g. group poster, 10-minute presentations). |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | Transkills_Geophysicists | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Jung 
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Course secretary | Miss Emma Latto 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510 
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