2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
SOEE1444 Fieldwork and Tutorials 1
20 creditsClass Size: 100
Module manager: Alex Dunhill
Email: a.dunhill@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Module replaces
SOEE1443 Fieldwork and Tutorials 1This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module is designed to introduce students to the technical and core academic skills required to be an environmental scientist. This module will equip students with the necessary study skills to enable them to effectively engage with their studies in the School of Earth and Environment.Objectives
To equip students with the necessary study skills to enable them to effectively engage with the study in the School of Earth and Environment.To support research-led teaching and learning. From the outset, to develop students as active learners who can make full use of, and benefit from, the diverse resources of a modern research university.
To allow students, by developing and harnessing the requisite skills, to participate properly within the scholarly community.
To foster an academic environment where students value and practise the fundamentals of scholarly process.
To encourage students to make the link between the development of their study skills, and their own learning progression, thereby becoming proficient as active learners rather than passive recipients of 'how to' instructions.
To develop student awareness of Academic Integrity issues.
Learning outcomes
1. Acquire study, practical and field based skills suitable for Environmental Scientists
2. Learn basic programming skills for Environmental Science
3. Be able to form a scientific argument, based on facts, regarding the water quality in rivers in the UK
Skills learning outcomes
1. learn academic writing and presentational skills, including the necessity for full and accurate referencing according to the School's guidelines
2. gain skills in designing sampling protocols, collecting field data, analysing field data and producing scientific reports
3. gain skills in computing for data analysis and visualisation
4. Develop critical thinking skills
5. be made aware of the definitions and penalties attached to cheating and plagiarism, and shown how to develop good academic practice
Syllabus
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lectures | 6 | 1.00 | 6.00 |
| seminars | 7 | 1.00 | 7.00 |
| Practicals | 3 | 2.00 | 6.00 |
| Fieldwork | 5 | 7.00 | 35.00 |
| Private study hours | 146.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 54.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
* Oral presentation – compulsory but formative (Subject LO 2)* Tutorials provide formative feedback on all skills taught throughout the programme.
* All fieldwork is compulsory but non-assessed so student receive formative feedback throughout sessions.
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Assignment | Coursework | 0.00 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 50.00 |
| Assignment | Coursework | 50.00 |
| 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 websiteLast updated: 05/04/2024
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