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GL3026: FIELD AND MAPPING TECHNIQUES 1 (2024-2025)

Last modified: 01 Nov 2024 14:16


Course Overview

This course is based on a residential field programme that enables students to directly study geological phenomena and relationships in the field. it provides hands-on experience and develops 3-D approaches to thinking and problem solving.  The learning environment is remote from the university, and encourages students to learn individually and in small group settings. The course covers a range of techniques typically, geological field mapping,  sedimentary logging, and examination of detailed field relationships to enable broader scale conclusions to be drawn. Assessments are undertaken during the actual field course. The field course is paid for directly by participants.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Clare Elizabeth Bond

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course is divided into two parts. Part 1 is the Ullapool field trip, a residential field course will enables students to directly study geological phenomena and their relationships in the field. It provides hands-on experience and develops 3D approaches to thinking and problem solving, and will enhance fieldwork skill sets including observation, recording (notebooks, maps), and data analysis (vertical sections, orientation data).

Part 2 involves a series of lab-based classes which are designed to enhance students' ability to develop 3D understanding of geological structures-primarily using maps (or simplifications of surface geology) not only to predict the subsurface but also to demonstrate understanding of how various rock units relate to one another.

Associated Costs

DescriptionValue
Field Trip370.0000
Field notebooks will be required at an approximate cost of £12 each.24.0000

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Mapping Exercise

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Field-based assessments are marked and returned during the field course, giving feedback on one exercise before completion of the next. Class-based exercises will be fed-back after each exercise.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resit: Repeat course

Assessment Type Summative Weighting
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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