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Upon completion of this course the student should:
1. be familiar with the key themes and concepts in catchment and coastal geomorphology;
2. be able to demonstrate an understanding of the links between landscape form, materials and processes;
3. have a solid understanding of the key controls governing catchment and coastal dynamics;
4. be able to draw connections between catchment and coastal system behaviour and environmental change;
5. have developed transferable skills in critical thinking, reading and writing.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Tutorial | 1 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 79 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: This is an end-of-trimester exam where students are required to ask one question from a choice of four. | 1 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: involves data collection and write-up to describe and explain patterns observed in field data collected for rivers in Ireland. The assignment builds on the topic that is covered in the tutorial. | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback for written work will be provided to students on Brightspace VLE, post-assessment
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 14:00 - 14:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Tues 12:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 7 | Mon 12:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 7 | Mon 16:00 - 16:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 7 | Tues 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 7 | Wed 09:00 - 09:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 7 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 7 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |