SS5507: SOIL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATION (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46

Course Overview

This course is a small research project for students on the MRes Soil Science. Working closely with an academic, you will design and carry out a research project that can be either a laboratory experiment, a field study, modelling or a meta-analysis bringing together multiple data sources.

This course builds your skills as a researcher. You will complete a study from inception to a final report that will take the format of a short scientific paper

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Session	Second Sub Session	Credit Points	30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor Paul Hallett

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

MRes Soil Science (Studied)
Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

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?

Course Description

Students conduct a 6-week focussed study. Working with their supervisor, a topic of study will be selected. From here the student has hands-on learning of experimental planning, conducting experiments or modelling, data analysis and scientific writing. The project should be different from the MSc project conducted over the summer, and students are encouraged to work with a different supervisor.

There is no formal teaching on this course and due to workload, students are encouraged to not take any other courses at the same time.

By the end of the course students should have:

An ability to identify novel scientific challenges, informed by the latest literature
Enhanced laboratory, field or modelling expertise
Knowledge to complete a scientific study from inception to write-up

The course is assessed via a final report taking the form of a short scientific paper.

Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Report: Individual

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Students will need to manage their own time, divided between background reading, experiments or modelling, data analysis and write-up.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.