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| School of Physical and Geographical Sciences |
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| ESC-40004 |
Research Project |
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| Co-ordinator: |
Dr Brian O'Driscoll Tel:33184 |
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| Teaching Team: |
Dr Ian Stimpson,
Dr Stuart Egan
Mr David Emley
Dr Nigel Cassidy
Mrs Stephanie Everill
Dr Ralf Gertisser
Dr Michael Montenari
Dr Jamie Pringle
Mrs Emma Harvey
Dr Stuart Clarke,
Mr Steven Rogers,
Mrs Karen Babb,
Prof Graham Williams,
Dr Alix Cage,
Ms Clare Sillitto
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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 build upon subject-specific and practical skills that heve been developed in previous years of the course to carry out an independent research investigation within an area of the Earth Sciences.
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Students successfully completing this module will have: - Applied and further developed subject-specific knowledge, as well as laboratory, field, and computational skills, through background reading, and the colection, interpretation and analysis of original data.
- Applied time and project management skills to successfully complete a piece of independent research at the forefront of the discipline, within a prescribed time limit.
- Acquired a comprehensive understanding of research techniques in the context of the project.
- Shown originality in the application of knoeledge to the execution of the project.
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- 24 hours tutorials/supervision meetings
- 126 hours data acquisition and analysis.
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| 1: Project weighted 15% |
PROJECT PLAN
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| 2: Report weighted 15% |
PROGRESS REPORT
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| 3: Research Design weighted 70% |
RESEARCH COMPREHENSION, METHODOLOGY, ORIGINALITY
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Version: (1.06B) Updated: 03/Mar/2013
This document is the definitive current source of information about this module and supersedes any other information. |