EV5905: PROJECT IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58

Course Overview

The three-month individual Research Project can cover any area of environemtnal/ecological sciences and is undertaken under the supervision of a member of staff who is an expert in your chosen field. Many projects are also done in collaboration with an external organisation. The project provides opportunities for you to develop your abilities and skills, generate hypotheses and design ways of testing them and to analyse, report and discuss your findings. You will learn to take responsibility for implementing your own plans and modifying them as necessary. The project is written up in the form of a scientific paper manuscript.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Session	Third Sub Session	Credit Points	60 credits (30 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Vasilis Louca

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Master Of Science In Environmental And Ecological Sciences
Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Independent research project that can cover any area of environmental and ecological sciences, and which may be field, computer, laboratory or greenhouse based;

Provides a thorough training in managing all aspects of a research project from inception to delivery of a thesis in the format of a manuscript for an international scientific journal;

Projects can be based anywhere in the world and are often associated with current cutting-edge research by academic staff;

Collaboration with external organisations is encouraged to enable students to gain a greater range of experience and contacts.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
Assessment Weeks		Feedback Weeks		Look up Week Numbers
Feedback	Formative feedback is provided during meetings with supervisor, and a draft of the thesis. Written summative feedback is provided to individual students on the final thesis.

Learning Outcomes

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Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

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