Program Overview

GL6023 Offshore Environmental Geology

Course Fact File

• Code: GL6023
• Duration: 20 Contact Hours - Class dates to be confirmed.
• Teaching Mode: Part-Time. See Additional Teaching Mode Information for more info.
• Fees: €450 See Fees and Costs for full details.
• Closing Date: TBC
• Venue: Butler Building, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC. Exact rooms to be confirmed.
• Credits: 5
• Start Date: TBC

Outline

This module aims to provide students with offshore and seabed experience, for example in seabed mapping techniques and practice; seabed sampling techniques and practice; sub-seabed imaging techniques and practice; seabed monitoring techniques and practice; offshore survey planning; offshore geological data collection, evaluation and resource assessment.

Additional Teaching Mode Information

Class dates to be confirmed.

Practicalities

• Teaching Methods: 5 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 3 x 3hr(s) Practicals; 2 x 1day(s) Fieldwork.
• Assessment: Total Marks 100: Continuous Assessment 100 marks (Essay 50 marks; Practical report 50 marks).

Penalties (for late submission of Course/Project Work etc.)

Where work is submitted up to and including 7 days late, 10% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Where work is submitted up to and including 14 days late, 20% of the total marks available shall be deducted from the mark achieved. Work submitted 15 days late or more shall be assigned a mark of zero.

Requirements

Candidates must hold at least:

• a Second Class Honours, Grade II degree or equivalent in a Geological/Earth Science/Civil Engineering/Environmental Sciences area;
• a Second Class Honours, Grade II in a related relevant degree;
• have reached an equivalent standard through completion of a relevant postgraduate qualification.

Fees and Costs

€450. There is also a €35 application fee.

How To Apply

TBC

Contact Details

• For CPD Content Queries: Dr. Pat Meere/ Dr. Ed Jarvis
• Prof. Andrew Wheeler, School of BEES.