Earth Sciences

AIMS

• To review recent research in Earth and Planetary Science
• To promote awareness of what is involved in scientific research
• To develop a critical approach in assessing scientific research
• To gain an holistic understanding of Earth and Planetary Science

OUTCOMES

Knowledge and understanding of a broad range of Earth and Planetary subjects at the forefront of scientific research, including those outside the specific purview of the student’s degree programme.

Intellectual Outcomes:

• a thorough understanding of Earth and Planetary theories, paradigms, concepts and principles and an in-depth understanding of more specialised areas;
• a highly developed ability to consider issues from a wide range of multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives and to draw on appropriate concepts and values in arriving at a critical assessment.
• actical and Transferable Outcomes:
• a highly developed ability to analyse, synthesise summarise and evaluate critically information from academic literature, ideas, interpretations, field observations and other sources;
• the ability to communicate highly effectively to a variety of audiences in written, graphical and verbal forms.

CONTENT

Attendance at departmental seminar series (~20 seminars) during the Autumn and Spring terms.  Attendance at up to 10 additional seminars/advanced lectures.
Two oral presentations presented in group format.