Undergraduate Course: Environmental Geoscience 4th Year Field Course (EASC10086)
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 | 10 |
| Home subject area | Earth Science |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Marine Techniques and Processes Course: Five days' field work at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory at the start of summer, end of the 3rd year.
The course is designed to build on skills first introduced/developed in the 3rd field course EASC09036 and laboratory techniques course EASC09045. The trip is designed to provide hands-on experience with water and sediment sampling methods, and bathymetric and hydrographic survey techniques, commonly used in coastal oceanography. Water and sediment samples are subsequently analysed for a variety of parameters and, together with bathymetric and hydrographic data, are used to provide insights on the physical and biogeochemical processes occurring in Loch Etive. A further element of the course focuses on coastal geomorphology and a prediction of how the local environment will respond to projected environmental change.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Fieldtrip contribution to be paid by students is £70 for 2013 trip to Oban from 2nd to 7th of June. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Fieldwork Hours 40,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
58 )
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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 |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Design and implementation of field sampling techniques and surveys
2. Collection and interpretation of environmental data sets
3. Parallel assessment of physical, biological and chemical processes in a natural setting
4. Data quality assessment
5. Written field-report techniques |
Assessment Information
| Two written reports |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Students are provided with all introductory lectures and materials during the field trip. |
| Transferable skills |
Field techniques, Report writing |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
5-day field trip followed by write-up of reports over the summer.5-day trip takes place late-May to early June (depending on availability of facilities, tides etc). The 2013 fieldtrip will run from the 2nd to 7th of June. |
| Keywords | Oceanography, Hydrography, Fieldtrip, Geochemistry, Laboratory |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Greg Cowie
Tel: (0131 6)50 8502
Email: Dr.Greg.Cowie@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Katie Leith
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: Katie.Leith@ed.ac.uk |
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