Module Details
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Title HONOURS PROJECT - ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT / MARINE BIOLOGY
Code ENVS305
Coordinator Dr Mieszkowska
Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Nova.Mieszkowska@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 6 FHEQ Whole Session 30

Aims

To provide individual experience in the planning, design and execution of a research project in a defined topic, that may be based on laboratory work, field work, data analysis, or modelling.


Learning Outcomes

On completion of the project, students should be able to demonstrate the following skills:

Organisational

  • Plan and implement an original research project
  • Design and plan subsequent work to extend initial findings and gain some independence in these activities
  • Demonstrate time management skills
  • Act responsibly and display commitment to the work

Practical

  • Recognise hazards and follow safe and ethical working practices
  • Demonstrate skills in an appropriate range of research techniques
  • Generate and record reliable data/information

Intellectual

  • Display familiarity with the background literature to the project
  • Appreciate the aims and learning outcomes of the project
  • Analyse, interpret and evaluate observations/data/information and draw conclusions
  • Appreciate the relevance of the project''s findings in the wider context of the scientific literature

Communication

  • Interact with academic staff, research staff and students
  • Maintain an accurate, comprehensive and intelligible record of methods, observations/data/information
  • Produce Preliminary and Final word processed reports and give an oral presentation using PowerPoint

Syllabus
1 
The project involves two semesters of lab, field, data analysis or modelling work. Each project is supervised formally by a member of academic staff, although day to day supervision and advice may be provided by a member of reseach/technical staff, or a postgraduate research student. Talks by staff at the beginning of the project provide training and information about project management and safety. Early in Semester 1, students will review the relevant literature and submit a Preliminary Report that includes the literature review, the aims and objectives of the project, including hypotheses as appropriate, and a timetable and plan of work. Students should then do research relevant to their project and have regular meetings with their supervisor to evaluate progress and plan future work. A Final Report is submitted and an oral presentation given at the end of Semester. A project report book should be kept and will be regularly checked by the sup ervisor.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Other - introductory lectures, supervision meetings, final presentations

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           21
introductory lectures, supervision meetings, final presentations
21
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 279
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Coursework  Students are evaluat  Semester 2, after week 11  15  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Approach and Technique There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  10 minutes  Semester 2, usually around wee  15  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project talk There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  Record book maintain  Semester 2, week 11  10  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project record book There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  Typically around 500  Semester 2, week 11  60  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Final report There is no reassessment opportunity, Notes (applying to all assessments) Not marked anonymously because every project is different, so that students are immediately identifiable from their work. Final year examinations/assessments may be re-sat for failed modules at the next ordinary sitting, normally in the following academic year, except in the case of students with accepted Extenuating Circumstances for whom an August/September attempt is arranged, on the basis as detailed in the Code of Practice on Assessment Appendix I Section 3: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/tqsd/code-of-practice-on-assessment/appendix_I_2010-11.pdf 

Recommended Texts
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