Level 2
- GE 2501 - PLANETARY SCIENCE
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- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr S Bowden
Pre-requisites
GL 1503 plus one other Level 1 Science (ie Group A) course, or by permission of the Course Coordinator.
Overview
The Geochemistry and Geophysics or rocky and icy planetary bodies. 4 lectures with tutorials and self-directed learning.
Hypervelocity impacts, Meteorite impacts, Geology of Impact Craters. 4 lectures with practicals.
Evidence of life through deep geological time, Evolution of the Biosphere, Astrobiology. 4 lectures, practicals and self-directed learning.Structure
1 one-hour lecture per week and 1 three-hour practical or tutorial per week.
Assessment
1st attempt: 1 two-hour written examination with 1 data response and 1 essay question (40%); three pieces of continuous assessment (60%).
Reist: 1 three-hour written examination (100%).
Level 3
- GE 3501 - ROCKS, RESOURCES AND CULTURE
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- 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 run in 2009/10 and in alternate years thereafter. This course may not be taken as part of a graduating curriculum with GS 4501.
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%).
Level 4
- GE 4501 - ROCKS, RESOURCES AND CULTURE
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- 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%).