Study Skills for Environmental Sciences

Code

GEOG2071

School

Geography

Level

2

Credits

10

Semesters

Autumn UK

Summary

The core focus will be on developing study skills, including speed reading and writing, essay writing, literature review, oral and listening skills. There will be a strong emphasis on developing the necessary skills for the Environmental Science programme. The module will provide training in tools for independent learning, critical analysis and synthesis of scientific literature and information sources, effective group working, communication in small group teaching, and consideration of appropriate methods of scientific enquiry.

Target Students

Only available for F759 BSc Environmental Sciences students

Classes

Teaching will take place through a mixture of lectures and seminars.

Assessment

• 35% Coursework 1: Coursework (1,000 words)
• 35% Group Coursework: Coursework
• 30% Coursework 2: Coursework

Assessed by end of autumn semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will gain the following skills:

a. Knowledge and understanding. 

• Identify and explain the processes underlying successful writing, reading and communication.
• Recognize how different ways of learning can influence the mode of scientific enquiry.

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b. Intellectual skills. 

• Develop and structure scientific arguments

• Critically examine scientific work

• Demonstrate and communicate key points in a precise way

c. Professional practical skills. 

• Demonstrate group work

• Conduct oral presentations

• Scientific report solving

• Reading scientific works, including speed reading

• Implement scientific problem solving

• Reading scientific works, including speed reading
• Demonstrate scientific report and essay writing

d. Transferable skills.

• Conducting verbal, illustrative and written communication in English

• Organising information

• Exercising critical judgement

• Executing time management

• Demonstrating independent working

Conveners

• Dr Alanna Higgins