MSc Petroleum Exploration
Year 1
Learning outcomes
On completion of the programme students should have shown evidence of being able:• to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the fundamental controls on sedimentary basin evolution• to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of recent scientific advances in sedimentary basin evolution and their application to industry• to develop a broad range of knowledge in order to allow professional practice in subsurface structural geology, in either an academic or industrial context• proactively to formulate ideas and hypotheses and to evaluate these;• to evaluate current issues and research in the discipline.
Transferable (key) skills
Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:• the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;• evaluating their own achievement and that of others;• self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;• independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;• critically to engage in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.
Assessment
Achievement for the Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:• demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;• drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;• evaluating received opinion;• make sound judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.