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 |
Co-requisites |
EASC20037 Soils and the Critical Zone |
School/department | School of Earth Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
A one-week non-residential field class in Bristol. The city provides several woodlands and opportunities for the field study of soil development and plant ecology in the context of geology and land use history. 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:
The unit will be taught through a series of synchronous preparatory sessions in Bristol and through synchronous fieldwork and evening workshops. Students who either begin or continue their studies in an online mode may be required to complete fieldwork, or alternative activities in person, either during the academic year 2020/21 or subsequently, in order to meet the intended learning outcomes for the unit, prepare them for subsequent units or to satisfy accreditation requirements.
Field notebooks and completed webpages must be submitted by 8 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, vegetation, geology, land use history and physical geography of Bristol. Students will be provided with a field guide which they are expected to read before the field trip, in addition to reviewing their Year 2 Soils and the Critical Zone course notes.