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At the end of this module students will have acquired, via lectures, student-led classroom presentations, and a laboratory project an understanding of:
(a) the processes responsible for ‘exceptional preservation’,
(b) geobiological events at the Neoproterozoic/Phanerozoic boundary, and how the quality of the fossil record impacts on our understanding of these
(c) the common mechanisms by which microbial fossils are preserved in the fossil record, and how abiological structures may mimic organic remains, data critical to our understanding better the origin of life and the geological setting in which this occurred
In addition, students will have enhanced transferrable skills in the following
(d) oral and poster-based communications
(e) technical report writing
(a) the processes responsible for ‘exceptional preservation’,
(b) geobiological events at the Neoproterozoic/Phanerozoic boundary
(c) how microbial fossils are preserved in the fossil record.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Laboratories | 30 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Presentation: Poster Presentation 2 | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Presentation: Poster Presentation 1 | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Lab Report: State-of-the-art report on experimental results | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
Examination: Written Examination: essay style answers | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
Presentation: Oral presentation | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 5 |
Continuous Assessment: Laboratory note books from independent project | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 10 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
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