Unit name | Environmental Geoscience Field Skills |
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Unit code | EASC20018 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Buss |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of the first year of an Earth Sciences programme; EASC20032 Soils and Environmental Analysis |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Earth Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
A one-week residential field class to the Island of Tenerife, Spain. Tenerife provides an ideal environment for the field study of soil development and plant ecology in the context of geology, topography, and climate. This unit is available only to Honours Environmental Geoscientists.
The primary aims of this field class are to:
On successful completion of the field class you will be able to:
Fieldwork
Field notebooks and completed webpages must be submitted by 9 pm the final day of the field class. Coursework assesssment ratios are:
The participation mark is based upon individual student effort during the field class. This includes involvement in group activities and general willingness to follow field class guidelines that are described in detail in the course handout. A single participation mark is recorded at the end of each day by staff for each student based upon observations of their field work activities that day. General feedback about level of participation during the field class is given, in particular if the degree of effort is not considered satisfactory.
There is no formal recommend reading list for this field class, but students are encouraged to read widely on the topic of soil formation and more specially the subjects of soil, climate, vegetation, geology and physical geography of Tenerife. Students will be provided with a field guide in the autumn term which they are expected to read before arriving in Tenerife, in addition to reviewing their Year 2 Soil Geoscience course notes.