GEOSCIENCE

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Ms S Heard

Pre-requisites

Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above of one of the School of Geosciences' degree programmes.

Notes

This course will rund in 2009/10 and in alternate years thereafter. This course may not be taken as part of a graduating curriculum with GS 3501.

Overview

A series of case studies will examine the history of resource use, working from a range of academic perspectives. For example: early civilizations and their use and exploitation of resources; stone monuments and landscapes; changes in the need for, attitude to, and utilization of resources during the industrial revolution; geology, architecture and the built environment; geology, resources, and global conflicts, the technological revolution in the use of rocks and minerals.

Structure

2 one-hour lectures/projects per week.

Assessment

1st attempt: in-course assessment (67%) : (of which 33% comprises museum project design exercise and 33% academic commentary); 33% written examination (one question in one hour).

Resit: Original in-course assessment carried forward (67%) plus examination (33%).