EART30020 30 Full year Undergraduate Level 6 Brian O'Driscoll Unit coordinator Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 15.0 <div> <p>Students will be able to select their project based on their interests and discussions with the projects coordinator (Dr Brian O&rsquo;Driscoll). A wide array of techniques and laboratory support exists in SEES to support the collection of appropriate and good quality data. Assessment of the independent project unit will be via a single project report submitted at the beginning of Semester 2. A booklet with detailed instructions for this piece of work will be available at the start of the project. The independent project is the most important single piece of work to be carried out during the degree course, accounting for 25% of the Third Year mark.</p></div><p>This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 20/21 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact.&nbsp; Please see Blackboard / course unit related emails for any further updates.</p> <div> <div> <p>Students will be able to select their project based on their interests and discussions with the projects coordinator (Dr Brian O&rsquo;Driscoll). A wide array of techniques and laboratory support exists in SEES to support the collection of appropriate and good quality data. Assessment of the independent project unit will be via a single project report submitted at the beginning of Semester 2. A booklet with detailed instructions for this piece of work will be available at the start of the project. The independent project is the most important single piece of work to be carried out during the degree course, accounting for 25% of the Third Year mark.</p></div> <p>This course unit detail provides the framework for delivery in 20/21 and may be subject to change due to any additional Covid-19 impact.&nbsp; Please see Blackboard / course unit related emails for any further updates.</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p> <div> <div> <div> <p>At the start of Year 3 each student should meet with their project supervisor to plan the project and to discuss the arrangements for collecting their data, particularly where it involves access to geochemical analysis facilities. Booking of data collection sessions that require the use of SEES equipment should be done through the supervisor, and in most projects the supervisor and/or a technician will be present at these sessions. Considerable work will usually need to be done before these types of data collection sessions can sensibly be arranged (<em>e.g.</em>, background reading about the analytical techniques, mastering data acquisition and analysis protocols, sample preparation, identifying analysis priorities, and obtaining laboratory access permissions), and this should be factored in to project planning timeline. The project supervisor will guide the student through this preparation process and the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of the data via one-on-one meetings at timely moments throughout the academic year. However, students are expected to carry out most of the analyses and interpretations needed to address their research question independently. Towards the end of their 3^rd year students will present their findings in a poster session and in a written report (10000-word dissertation)</p></div> </div></div><p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:&nbsp;</em></p><ul> <li> formulate a research question within the broad area of the geosciences that can be addressed primarily by collecting laboratory-based data, and design a strategy to acquire that data and supporting observations</li></ul><ul> <li> collect and record appropriate laboratory observations/measurements, and document data collection protocols and data curation details</li></ul><ul> <li> analyse and interpret their datasets</li></ul><ul> <li> assess the significance of their findings within the context of previously published information</li></ul><ul> <li> manage their project in timely fashion through to its conclusion</li></ul><ul> <li> summarize their findings clearly and concisely in a written report of 10000 words in length</li></ul><ul> <li> explain their findings in a poster presentation that is accessible to an audience of their peers</li></ul> <ul> <li style="margin-left: 8.6pt;"> Early in 1^st semester, a one-on-one session with project supervisor to discuss project planning, and to outline any preparations for data collection that are needed</li></ul><ul> <li style="margin-left: 8.6pt;"> Data collection and analysis across both semesters but note that access to SEES analytical facilities is not normally before the start of 2^nd semester [data collection should be completed well before Easter]</li></ul><ul> <li style="margin-left: 8.6pt;"> Across both semesters, one-on-one sessions with project supervisor to discuss data analysis, interpretation and presentation</li></ul><ul> <li style="margin-left: 8.6pt;"> Towards the end of the 2^nd semester (probably last week before Easter): poster presentation session, hopefully also attended by the Programme External Examiner</li></ul><ul> <li style="margin-left: 8.6pt;"> Week 12: submission of dissertation</li></ul> <div> <div> <p>It is essential that students meet their project supervisor early in the 1^st semester of Year 3, (a) to plan the laboratory data collection, (b) to discuss what needs to be done before gaining access to the laboratory facilities, and (c) to consider when that access is best arranged. Actual booking of data collection sessions should be done through the supervisor, and in most projects the supervisor will be present at these sessions. In planning these arrangements, it is important to allow for delays of access (caused by, <em>e.g.</em>, the needs of other users, equipment failures, the requirement for laboratory induction). The main project guidance during Year 3 should come in one-on-one meetings with the project supervisor, who will advise on data analysis, interpretation, and presentation matters. In recognition of the fact that this is an <em>independent</em> project, the number of supervisory meetings longer than a few minutes during Year 3 is restricted to not more than 4 (at least one in each semester) plus whatever laboratory data collection sessions are needed. Write-up supervisors are limited to providing comments on only ~10% of the text (nominally 1000 words), and must return those comments orally and not as written notes. Note that the onus is on the student to arrange timely meetings with their write-up supervisor and to decide what text and figures to show them; the supervisor will not do this</p></div></div><p>&nbsp;</p> 4 Dissertation 87.5% 7 Oral assessment/presentation 12.5% <p>Dissertation -&nbsp;Feedback is possible at the end of Semester 2 (by arrangement)</p><p>Poster presentation -&nbsp;As an end-of-unit submission, no formal feedback will be given but students will be able to obtain feedback after the exam period by arrangement</p> EART20300 Field Courses - France, Scotland, Pembs Pre-Requisite Compulsory BSc(Hons) Env & Resource Geol BSc(Hons) Env & Resource Geol Third Year Optional BSc(Hons) Geochemistry BSc(Hons) Geochemistry Third Year Optional BSc(Hons) Geology BSc(Hons) Geology Third Year Optional N <p>There is no reading list because reading is project-specific. However, the following texts will be useful for many projects (all included in the library&rsquo;s &ldquo;Reading Lists Online&rdquo; service for one or more other units delivered in SEES):</p><p>Rollinson H, 1993, <em>Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation</em>, Longman Group UK</p><p>Borradaile G, 2003, <em>Statistics of Earth Science Data</em>, Springer</p><p>Davis JC, 2002, <em>Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology </em>(3^rd edition), John Wiley &amp; Sons</p><p>Hutchison CS, 1974,<em> Laboratory Handbook of Petrographic Techniques</em>, John Wiley &amp; Sons</p><p>Deer WA, Howie RA, Zussman J, 2013, <em>An Introduction to Rock-Forming Minerals</em> (3rd edition), The Mineralogical Society, London</p> Project supervision 8 Supervised time in studio/wksp 15 0 277