Module Identifier EA12010  
Module Title PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE  
Academic Year 2007/2008  
Co-ordinator Dr Charles Bendall  
Semester Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)  
Pre-Requisite None. Available only to students registered for an Environmental Earth Studies degree.  
Course delivery Lecture   10 x 1 hour lectures.  
  Seminars / Tutorials   12 x 1 hour tutorials plus classes on computing skills.  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment Continuous Assessment:  100%
Supplementary Assessment No opportunity to resit.   

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:


Aims

The module aims to engender confidence in professional skills.

Objectives
The student will be better equipped to utilise undergraduate opportunities and to face a professional career.

Content

This module introduces basic skills required of the professional earth scientist.

IT skills: the UWA network, WWW, email, basic word processing

Finding sources of technical information

Discussing technical subjects

Writing in good technical English

Keeping laboratory and field notebooks

Team skills

Introductory statistics and spreadsheets skills

Giving effective oral presentations

Mastering basic numerical, physical and chemical skills

Producing effective technical reports

The topics will be covered in a combination of staff presentations, videos, small-group discussions
(tutorials), and set exercises. An exact timetable will be made available at the beginning of the
module.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 4