Undergraduate Course: Environmental Geosciences Projects (EASC10009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 40 | 
 
| Home subject area | Earth Science | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course has two components: a summer project and a literature review. | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
15/09/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
(
 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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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| The three parts of this course have differing intended learning outcomes.  The literature review is designed to make students develop a detailed, critical, up to date understanding of a specific area of environmental geosciences.  This is also developed during the group project which involves students making a formal presentation about a specialised topic to an informed audience.  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 question.  Students are expected to offer professional level insights and identify the relevant outcomes of their project. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Literature review (15%); summer project (60%); group project (25%) |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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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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| Keywords | EG_Research Projects | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Raja Ganeshram 
Tel: (0131 6)50 7364 
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Course secretary | Mrs Katie Leith 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510 
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