Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Stefan Loehr
Contact via via email
Academic Supervisor
Various
Steven Hansen
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MRes
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Approved reading projects in advanced topics from an area of geoscience. A presentation of a seminar and written reports are required on completion of this project.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Student must identify a suitable Academic Supervisor. The scope of their reading project must be negotiated with the individual Academic Supervisor. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that their complete, signed Study Plan is uploaded to the GEOS704 iLearn page by the end of Week 1.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Submit Study Plan | 0% | Yes | 5 PM, Friday 2 March 2018 |
Annotated Bibliography | 15% | No | 30/03/2018 |
Seminar | 25% | No | 08/06/2018 |
Report or Literature Review | 60% | No | 15/06/2018 |
Due: 5 PM, Friday 2 March 2018
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Complete Study Plan and submit to iLearn by end of Week 1. This is a hurdle assessment, i.e. pass/fail.
Due: 30/03/2018
Weighting: 15%
Students will provide a bibliography including at least 20 relevant papers. For each paper you should include a short description (up to 100 words) of the main points and relevance of the paper to the aims of your reading project.
Due: 08/06/2018
Weighting: 25%
Students give a 15-minute seminar outlining their reading topic. The format should be as per a conference presentation.
Due: 15/06/2018
Weighting: 60%
Students are to complete a 2500 word report or literature review on their chosen topic. Students are to engage with their supervisor through regular meetings to define the the structure and content of the report.
This is a unit designed to provide students with reading projects in advanced topics from an area of geoscience. There are no lectures or practicals. Students are expected to scope out a suitable reading project with their Academic Supervisor, and complete a Study Plan accordingly. Student will arrange a meeting schedule with their Academic Supervisors as part of this process. Academic Supervisors provide guidance and feedback on progress at these meetings.
Example study plans and a proforma are provided on the unit iLearn site.
Web pages and electronic resources:
The main unit web page will be on iLearn: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/
iLearn is Macquarie's learning management system. Assignments, hand-outs, and reading material will be available here.
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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