Geological Sciences: Part III

The Fourth Year follows on from Part II. Students undertake a major research project, attend seminars and take a choice of option courses across the Geological Sciences. They are encouraged to see themselves as active members of the department and take part in a field trip to Southern Spain.

Full information on Part III can be found in the Part III COURSE GUIDE 2012-2013.

There is also a synopsis of the interdisciplinary course on Earth system and Climate Change (IDP2).

Part III Project Guide 2013 booklet is now available in the Part III PROJECT GUIDE 2013.

   

The research project

Part III Project List 2012

At the beginning of the fourth year, students spend eight to ten weeks doing their own research project which accounts for 40% of the assessment in the final year. Each year (in January/February) the department produces a selection of new project outlines to choose from (all in current research areas) or you can devise your own project brief in consultation with a prospective supervisor. Projects can be fieldwork-based, laboratory-based, literature-based or computer-based and in many instances lead to published papers and presentations at worldwide academic conferences.

Information is best found on Camtools and from the library, which holds records of many past projects.

 

The report contains details of all your research and findings The research project output includes:

  • an A0 poster that summarises your work and preliminary conclusion,
  • a research diary recording your field, laboratory, or computer-based research and your reviewing of literature,
  • a detailed report that describes your research, methods and finding.

 

 

 

Posters

Here are two examples of research project posters:

Patterns in Water Discharge and Seismicity in Taiwan                                             The Dynamics of Basaltic Eruptions
Patterns in Water Discharge and Seismicity in Taiwan          The Dynamics of Basaltic Eruptions
 

 


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