| Unit name | Environmental Geoscience Research Project |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EASC30040 |
| Credit points | 30 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Hornibrook |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of years one and two of the Environmental Geoscience degree programme curriculum |
| Co-requisites |
n/a |
| School/department | School of Earth Sciences |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Students undertake and experience the process of conducting an independent research investigation integrating field, laboratory and computational methods. Each year, 4 or more projects are offered; each project is supervised by one or two members of staff and can be done by 4 to 5 students. Although some aspects of the project work may be conducted as a group (e.g., data gathering during fieldwork), each student completes their own literature review, laboratory experiments, synthesis of data, computational work and write-up. This unit is available only to Single Honours Environmental Geoscientists.
On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:
Independent work
This unit constitutes 30 credit points and 300 marks to end-of year 3 results. The project will be examined on the basis of the written report (100%) . Marked work will be passed to the External Examiner.
Background papers will be identified in discussion with a supervisor and PDFs made available on Blackboard where appropriate.
