Prerequisite: GY482
Course status: Core
Credit Rating: 12 credits
Total hours spent: 120 hours [30 hours consultation, 15 hours seminar and 75 hours independent study]
Course Objective(s)
To impart practical and research skills to students by undertaking final year research project.
Learning Outcome
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
Develop skills in conducting research by collecting and analyzing field and laboratory data and reporting the findings.
Course Structure
Proposal development; Data acquisition; Processing; Interpretation and Report writing.
Course Content
The course will consist of assigned independent project that will include fieldwork, data presentation, seminar, writing a dissertation. The student will be assigned a supervisor.
Assessment
Dissertation 85% and Seminar 15%.
Key Textbook(s)
1. Bates R.L., Heljeson, M.D.A. and Buchanan, R.C. (2004), Geo-writing: A Guide to Writing, Editing and Printing in Earth Sciences. (5th Ed. Revised). American Geological Institute.