ES2004 Practical and Field Skills for Earth Sciences (Direct Entrants)

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Full Year

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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 8

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

Available only to students who have been accepted for direct 2nd year entry to an Earth Science degree programme.

Planned timetable

12.00 noon - 1.00 pm Mon - Fri; practical 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm Thu or Fri

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

Module coordinator

Dr C V Rose

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

Module Staff

Earth and Environmental Sciences staff

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

Module description

This module is only available to students who have been accepted for direct 2nd year entry to an Earth Science degree programme. It provides basic practical and fieldwork skills that are not taught at secondary school and which characterise University-taught, accredited Earth Science programmes. Students will take part in 1000 level practical and field-based exercises, and then apply these skills to the 2000 level teaching programme. The students also will attend those aspects of the lecture programme that are not covered in A-level or Higher Geology curricula. The learning in this module will supplement and complement the ES2001, ES2002 and ES2003 teaching.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

AVAILABLE ONLY TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR DIRECT 2ND YEAR ENTRY TO AN EARTH SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAMME.

Anti-requisites

YOU CANNOT TAKE THIS MODULE IF YOU TAKE ES1001 OR TAKE ES1002

Co-requisites

YOU MUST ALSO TAKE ES2001 AND TAKE ES2002 AND TAKE ES2003

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

2-hour Written Examination = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Weekly practical classes and fieldwork.

Scheduled learning hours

24

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

Guided independent study hours

126

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