SD3102 Sustainable Development Field Course

Academic year

2023 to 2024 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

20

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 9

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Only available to students on Honours SD Degree (single or joint)

Planned timetable

Thurs 10am-12pm

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr R M White

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Rehema White

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

In this module students (with the close supervision and support of staff) will design and implement a research project in an unfamiliar environment. Students will identify a viable project, complete ethics clearance applications, undertake a secondary qualitative and/or quantitative data review and gather primary quantitative and/or qualitative data in the field. Some provisional analysis and presentation of research findings will take place, but the emphasis will be on broader learning related to the design and implementation of a research project. This module provides an excellent academic and practical grounding for the dissertation research proposal.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SD2002 OR PASS SD2006

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU PASS SD3100 OR TAKE SD3100,YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU PASS GG3213 OR TAKE GG3213,YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU PASS GG3214 OR TAKE GG3214

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE SD3101,AT LEAST 10 CREDITS FROM LIST GG3206-GG3212 OR GG3215

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Re-assessment

100% Coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

2hr Lecture (x 2 weeks); 2hr Practical (x 5 weeks); 1 Week Residential Field Course

Scheduled learning hours

54

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

148

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • Students will develop the capacity to identify pertinent research questions for Sustainable Development as well as design research projects and plan a program of fieldwork.
  • Students will experience the practical application of a range of primary and secondary research methods.
  • Students will be able to make connections between the empirical, methodological and epistemological issues involved in conducting research.
  • Students will appreciate the logistical challenge of undertaking research in an unfamiliar environment and the intellectual challenge of accounting for the the interconnected nature of issues of Sustainable Development
  • This module will develop students' teamwork, written and oral presentational skills allowing them to develop a coherent research strategy and collect field data in a careful, diligent and reflexive fashion