2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

CAPE5480M Energy Futures

15 creditsClass Size: 80

Module manager: Professor WF Gale
Email: w.f.gale@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

Module replaces

ETII5004M Energy Futures

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

As part of this module, senior PG’s, post docs (or academic staff from non-core areas) will be asked to prepare a short lecture course on the broader aspects of their research area. It is anticipated that these willrepresent about six hours worth of lecture material each so that four contributors will be required per year. At the end of each section, the staff member concerned will be asked to propose a topic for debate relevant to their area of interest (food vs fuel for example for a bio-fuels researcher). The students will be required to independently research the topic and then hold a formal debate of it. The module will deliver research led teaching, development of communication skills, confidence and cohort building and research skills.

Objectives

The module is intended to make students aware of contemporary issues in sustainable energy from a technical but also financial, environmental and ethical stand-point.

Learning outcomes
Students will acquire new technical knowledge relevant to selected sustainable energy topics that could include: wind energy, solar energy, unconventional hydrocarbons. In addition they will learn about the
financial, environmental and ethical constraints on the deployment of such technologies and about the politics of overcoming such constraints.

Syllabus

The syllabus will include a range of renewable energy technologies but these could change from year to year depending on access to speakers relevant to the various technologies.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	12	2.00	24.00
Seminar	4	2.00	8.00
Private study hours			118.00
Total Contact hours			32.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

Students will be required to take part in a series of debates on contemporary energy
issues. The subject areas will be discussed by guest speakers from the PG/PDoc and
academic community. Students will then be expected to research the topic and
produce formal debate notes prior to holding a public debate on the topic. In addition
each student will be required to take one of the four debate topics and prepare a
literature review report on that topic as part of the formal assessment of the module.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Progress will be monitored formatively and summatively by review of the debate notes
prepared and by performance of the students in the debate sessions. Additional
summative assessment will be via a formal literature review report.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Literature Review	2000 words	50.00
Presentation	Verbal - as part of a debate team	20.00
Reflective log	Notes on debated issues	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 31/03/2016

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