(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate a broad understanding of the concepts, information, practical competencies, and techniques that are standard features in a range of aspects of the discipline, such as: the roles of geochemistry and geophysics in understanding the Earth and its processes; and the role recent surface processes play in the shaping of landscapes and seascapes.
2. Employ the main methods of enquiry in the subject and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry, such as reinforcing the ability to integrate skills and theoretical knowledge through advanced fieldwork problem solving.
3. Explain and apply professional and disciplinary expertise, such as the analysis and communication of the economic and environmental implications of the utilisation of geological resources.
4. Develop environmental geoscience research design, methodological and analytical skills to enable an understanding of project design and execution, the use of environmental geoscience literature, and the synthesis and analysis of results.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Intellectual skills - for example, analysing generic and subject specific theories to situations outside the context in which they were originally studied, and evaluating and critiquing of received opinion through individual problem-based exercises.
2. Communication skills – for example, demonstrating the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied such as enhanced development of data presentation via oral presentations, posters, technical reports, and essays.
3. Interpersonal and teamwork skills - for example, demonstrating the skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility such as the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
4. Numerical and C&IT skills – for example, data collection, handling and analysis including initiation of the quantitative research process.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme, and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects and skills from environmental geoscience disciplines/professions to both complex (standard) and simple (novel) situations;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of materials;
- demonstrating analysis and synthesis of a wide variety of information sources;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies expected of an environmental geoscientist.
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