(Award available for year: Master of Science)
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
1- Describe the fundamental geophysical properties and their relation to subsurface materials, and how they may be appraised with the survey techniques of exploration geophysics.
2- Design geophysical surveys to characterise diverse subsurface targets, drawing on a range of geophysical methodologies.
3- Develop new subsurface understanding using computational and mathematical approaches to analyse geophysical data.
4- Construct a quantitative interpretation of geophysical data, comprising assessment of its geological plausibility, reliability, and limitations.
5- Apply a critical approach in undertaking a review of geophysical technologies or research.
6- Communicate geophysical concepts through a variety of dissemination styles, reporting comprehensively and unambiguously to a range of audiences.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1- Work Ready Skills:
Teamwork / Collaboration; Decision Making; Communication; Active Learning; Core Literacies; Time Management, planning & organising
2- Academic Skills:
Presentation; Critical Thinking; Academic Writing; Information Searching; Academic Integrity
3- Digital Skills:
Information, data and media literacies; Digital Learning and Development
4- Sustainability Skills:
Information searching
Assessment will consist of a mix of individual and group work, and comprise both formative and summative exercises. Examples of assessment may include:
- submission of written reports,
- diagnostic tests to validate analyses,
- recorded audio commentary on your workflows,
- poster presentation,
- delivering a seminar, and
- preparation of an example technical conference submission.
All assessments are accompanied by comprehensive instructions and mark schemes, to help students appreciate the detailed requirements of any submission.
These assessments represent authentic deliverables that students might be expected to supply in professional practice and are thus complementary to their professional development. Certain modules are also assessed by time-limited assessments, which may be held in online or in-person formats. For your summer research project, we encourage students to identify a research theme that is of personal interest to them and thus personalise their project focus to their own expertise and ambitions.
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