GG21920

Module Identifier	GG21920
Module Title	GEOGRAPHY SCIENCE FIELDWORK
Academic Year	2000/2001
Co-ordinator	Dr Peter Abrahams
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-Requisite	Acceptance to Single Honours Geography
Course delivery	Practicals / Field Days	3 x 2 hours (Introductory Sessions); 5 x 4 hours (Practicals); Up to 10 days (Fieldcourse).
Assessment	Course work	Written Reports and maps/graphs to be submitted during the fieldwork period and during Week 11 of the Semester. Students who fail to attend the field course without good reason will not be permitted a resit. Students who attend the field course but fail the assessment will be given the opportunity to resubmit assessments by a date to be agreed with the module co-ordinator for a maximum mark of 35%. Students whose reasons for failing to attend the field course are condoned will be permitted to submit a 5,000 word project for assessment of a type and by a date to be agreed with the module co-ordinator, for a maximum mark of 100%.	100%

Module outline
1. Fieldcourse organisation: to include aspects of project planning and appropriate practicals

2. Fieldcourse.

3. Report preparation practicals

Module Aims
To provide the technical framework for study of physical environments and to allow the development of expertise in specific measurement techniques.

Module objectives / Learning outcomes
On completion of the module, students should:

Be technically proficient (e.g. in the field operation of hydrological instruments, field identification of soils and their classification, vegetation identification and basic field survey).
Appreciate the logistics involved in undertaking different types of fieldwork operations.
Demonstrate an ability to analyse data and present results of original field measurements in a technically-sound report.
Have increased ability to observe critically, and contrast with the UK, foreign physical and people/place attributes.

Further Notes
NB: To permit firm bookings to be made, no registration changes will normally be allowed after the first six weeks of Semester 1.

The above description relates to a fieldcourse normally held in the U.K. Malta may also be offered as an alternative. Further details will be provided early in Semester 1.