ES4010 Joint Honours Research Project

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Full Year

Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.

Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

Not applicable.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr W McCarthy

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Earth and Environmental Sciences staff

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

An individual research project allows the student to pursue in depth a topic of personal interest. The student works largely independently and has the opportunity to demonstrate individuality, initiative and enterprise. Projects will normally include an aspect of field and analytical science. Skills of planning and executing research are learned, as well as the ability to work independently, and present the results orally and in dissertation form (up to 7,000 words). (Guidelines for printing and binding dissertations can be found at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)

Assessment pattern

Proposal = 5%, Oral Presentation = 10%, Dissertation = 85%

Re-assessment

No Re-assessment available

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Regular meetings with supervisor arranged as required.

Scheduled learning hours

20

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

280

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.