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| School of Physical and Geographical Sciences |
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| ESC-40003 |
Literature Synthesis |
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| Co-ordinator: |
Dr Stuart Egan Room: WSF29, Tel:33174 |
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| Teaching Team: |
Mr David Emley,
Mrs Stephanie Everill,
Mrs Emma Harvey,
Mrs Karen Babb,
Ms Clare Sillitto,
Andrew Rankin
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| Lecture Time: |
See Timetable... |
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| Level: |
4 |
Credits: |
15 |
Study Hours: |
150 |
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None
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No
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There are no prerequisites for this module.
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Not applicable.
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To carry out a detailed literature survey on a specific Earth Science topic and to present the results from this exercise via an oral presentation, report and a project Web site.
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- Ability to collect background information on a specific scientific topic using library facilities and IT techniques (e.g. accessing on-line literature databases).
- Further development of reading skills by being able to extract and collate information presented in scientific papers.
- Building upon oral presentation skills that have been developed in previous years.
- Ability to apply time and project management skills.
- Ability to author a set of self-contained Web pages to present results from a research project (students will have been given an introduction to Web page design and authoring as part of MGeoscience module ESC-40001: Computing Skills for Earth Scientists).
- Further development of report writing skills.
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- 1-hour lecture
- 4 x 3-hour practical classes
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| 1: Project weighted 5% |
PROJECT PLAN
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| 2: Report weighted 5% |
PROGRESS REPORT
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| 3: Computer Task |
FIRST DRAFT OF WEB SITE HOME PAGE
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| 4: Computer Task weighted 40% |
LITERATURE SYNTHESIS WEB SITE
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| 5: Report weighted 30% |
LITERATURE SYNTHESIS REPORT
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| 6: Oral Presentation weighted 20% |
ORAL PRESENTATION
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Version: (1.06B) Updated: 03/Oct/2013
This document is the definitive current source of information about this module and supersedes any other information. |