Course Details in 2023/24 Session

Module Title	LC Geoscience Project
School	School of Geog Earth & Env Sci
Department	Earth and Environ Sciences
Module Code	03 33741
Module Lead	Stephan Lautenschlager
Level	Certificate Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-4 hours Tutorial-5 hours Practical Classes and workshops-20 hours Guided independent study-71 hours Total: 100 hours
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Description	This module develops students’ skills in Earth Science research methods, including leading a short independent research project and making a scientific presentation. It develops students’ ability to undertake basic statistics in the context of geoscience and work with digital resources to make geological models.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Research Earth Sciences topics, find relevant journal papers using a variety of methods, including elibrary and online databases such as Web of Science; Understand the concept and definition of a scientific hypotheses and how to form them; Critically evaluate sources of information and structure a reasoned argument; Produce an oral presentation either as a live powerpoint show or recorded podcast to accompany a written essay; Use computing applications to perform data organisation and undertake basic statistics in relation to geological/physical geographical/palaeobiological problems; Interpret a range of simple statistical analyses; Work with GIS and/or other digital media to manipulate geological/physical geographical/palaeobiological models.
Assessment	33741-01 : 1500 word tutorial report : Coursework (70%) 33741-02 : Project Presentation : Presentation (20%) 33741-03 : Stats Quiz : Class Test (10%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Statistics quiz (online) 10%; 10 minute powerpoint presentation 20%; 1500 word project report 70%. Reassessment: Statistics quiz (online) 10%; 10 minute powerpoint presentation 20%; 1500 word project report 70%.
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