Undergraduate - UnitESC3200 - Earth sciences project

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Science
Organisational Unit	School of Geosciences
Monash Passport category	Research Challenge (Investigate Program)
Offered	Clayton First semester 2013 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day) Clayton Summer semester A 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Ian Cartwright

Synopsis

This unit allows students to devote themselves to a major research project during third year. The project may involve field and/or laboratory work and will introduce the student to geoscience research including independent study, problem solving, data generation, analysis, and report writing. The experience gained in the unit will serves as training for postgraduate or professional research.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

Generate geological/geochemical data;

Manipulate geological/geochemical data;

Interpret geological/geochemical data;

Present the outcomes of a research project both orally and in written form.

Assessment

Literature Review: 25%
Project Report: 75%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Ian Cartwright

Prerequisites

Must have passed both ESC2111 and ESC2122 with a distinction average

Co-requisites

18 additional points of third year geosciences units selected from ESC3162, ESC3190, ESC3201, ESC3232, ESC3311, ESC3332, or ESC3421