Individual Module Outline
Course module - Environmental Change & Reconstruction
Code : GEOG60111 Credit rating: 15 Semester : 1
Aims
To provide students with a background to the study of environmental change and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction using sediments and other proxy records
Intended learning outcomes
1. awareness of key principles in environmental change and palaeo-environmental reconstruction;
2. developed understanding of the temporal context of contemporary environmental conditions;
3. gained an understanding of the timescales of environmental change studied using the sediment record;
4. been introduced to several major techniques used in environmental reconstruction.
Assessment
The course unit will be assessed through three assignments:
1. Seminar presentation (30%)
2. Laboratory notebook (20%)
3. Coursework essay (~3000 words) (50%)
Feedback
You will receive feedback on your work in a variety of ways.
• Verbal feedback in question and answer sessions during lecture classes and fieldwork
• Verbal and written feedback on seminar presentation
• Discussions and verbal feedback during seminars and fieldwork
• Verbal feedback on individual issues through the consultation hours system
• Written feedback on your laboratory notebook
• Written feedback on your course essay
Information
Online Resources
Course materials – including handouts and lecture notes when available – will be available through the course Blackboard site. To access these materials, you need to access the university blackboard website then click on the GEOG60111 course.
Brief description of unit
Course materials
Course Materials and Handouts (current students only)
SED intranet
Timetable
Learning and teaching processes
The course is delivered through a mixture of staff-led lectures and discussion sessions, student-led seminars, laboratory practical classes and fieldwork.
Indicative reading
Online Resources:
Course materials – including handouts and lecture notes when available – will be available through the course Blackboard site. To access these materials, you need to access the university blackboard website then click on the GEOG60111 course.