Postgraduate Course: Research Skills in the GeoSciences (PRGE11013)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary |  - introduce and discuss topical issues in rseearch practice in the GeoSciences; 
 - explore and discuss questions of research design and approaches to research; 
 - provide an opportunity for student presentation and debate on these issues; 
 - participation in current research debates in the GeoSciences; 
 - support for progress monitoring activities. | 
 
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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 |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | Already on MScR or PhD programme or equivalent | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
      - appreciate the skills required for postgraduate study and understand where appropriate training is available; 
 - understand, prepare and present, in written and verbal form, your rsesarch rationale and design.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Special Arrangements | 
Attendance required at the GO Postgraduate Conference in March. | 
 
| Additional Class Delivery Information | 
Several class sessions of 2-3 hours spread over 10 weeks in Semester 2, normally Wednesday, Thursday , Friday. | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Kate Heal 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5420 
Email: Kate.Heal@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Helena Sim 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5327 
Email: Helena.Sim@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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