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ESC-40004 - Module Specification
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2022/23 Last Updated: 19 January 2023

ESC-40004 - Research Project
Coordinator: Stuart Egan Room: WSF29 Tel: +44 1782 7 33174
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733615

Programme/Approved Electives for 2022/23

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this module.

Barred Combinations

Not applicable.

Description for 2022/23

This module will allow students to build upon subject¿specific and practical skills that have been developed in previous years of their course and carry out an independent research investigation within an area of the geosciences.

Aims
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.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/esc-40004/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

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.

Study hours

  • 24 hours tutorials/supervision meetings
  • 126 hours data acquisition and analysis.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Project weighted 15%
PROJECT PLAN


2: Report weighted 15%
PROGRESS REPORT


3: Research Design weighted 70%
RESEARCH COMPREHENSION, METHODOLOGY, ORIGINALITY


Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 19 January 2023