Module Identifier WS20110  
Module Title WATER SCIENCE LEVEL 2 FIELDWORK  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Professor John Pomeroy  
Semester Intended for use in future years  
Next year offered N/A  
Next semester offered N/A  
Mutually Exclusive GG21920 , GG27720 , EA21720 , ES20110  
Course delivery Lecture   4 x 2 hr introductory lectures/local field-based practicals  
  Practicals / Field Days   1 week residential field course in Europe  
Assessment Continuous assessment   Based on work undertaken during residential field course Group project work and group presentation (40%), 2,500 word field course report (60%)   100%  
  Supplementary examination   *Students who fail to attend the field course without good reason will not be permitted a resit, they will be awarded a mark of 0%. *Students who attend the field course but obtain a mark less than 40% will be given the opportunity to resubmit failed assessments by a date set by the module co-ordinator for a maximum mark of 40%. *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%.    

Brief description


This module is centred on a residential field course normally held during the Easter vacation of the second year. This module aims to provide a technical framework for field-based studies of hydrological environments and to facilitate the development of expertise in specific measurement, analytical and interpretation techniques. Through this module students will become technically proficient in the field operation of hydrological, hydrometeorological and aquatic geochemistry instruments, develop skills in the selection and implementation of appropriate methodologies for the measurement, sampling and analysis of parameters in the hydrological cycle, and be able to present and interpret data in a rigorous and technically-sound manner.

Module Aims


This module aims to provide a technical framework for field-based studies of hydrological environments and to facilitate the development of expertise in specific measurement, analytical and interpretation techniques.

Module objectives / Learning outcomes


On completion of the module, students should be:

  1. technically proficient in the field operation of hydrological, hydrometeorological and aquatic geochemistry instruments,
  2. able to select and implement appropriate methodologies for the measurement, sampling and analysis of parameters in the hydrological cycle,
  3. able to present and interpret data in a rigorous and technically-sound manner.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Goudie, A.. (1990) Geomorphological Techniques. Unwin Hyman, London