Module Information
Module Identifier
WS30100
Module Title
WATER SCIENCE DISSERTATION
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1
Other Staff
Course Delivery
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Assessment
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Formulate, execute and communicate a water science study.
Aims
To develop skills in their basic research and written presentation of results. Emphasis is placed on initial design of investigations, quantitative and inferential analysis and all aspects of presentation, including argument and graphical support.
Brief description
This triple module consists of a piece of independent research work in any area of Water Science, involving field and/or laboratory and/or library study, together with appropriate follow-up work and consolidation, leading to the production of a written dissertation.
A list of suitable projects and their respective supervisors will be posted, normally by the beginning of semester 2 of Year 2, but students are not confined to these possibilities. Enterprise and initiative are encouraged, but students should bear in mind that a suitable project:
A list of suitable projects and their respective supervisors will be posted, normally by the beginning of semester 2 of Year 2, but students are not confined to these possibilities. Enterprise and initiative are encouraged, but students should bear in mind that a suitable project:
- must fall within the Institute's safety guidelines,
- must be academically suitable, in particular having the potential of allowing a first-class dissertation to be produced from it,
- must be logistically feasible (e.g. accommodation, transport),
- must be agreed with a supervisor. If the project involves fieldwork, the supervisor will probably not be able to pay a field visit, and may not know the area closely.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6