ERB202 Marine Geoscience
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| Unit code: | ERB202 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,190 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,644 |
| International unit fee | $4,896 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2020, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | ERB202 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinator: | Jessica Trofimovs | jessica.trofimovs@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Oceans make up 70% of the Earth's surface, yet less than 5% of them have been explored. There is therefore still much to learn about the marine environment, marine resources and management. This unit will develop a detailed understanding of oceanography, carbonate geology and reef structures, marine biota and interpretation of depositional processes and products in the shallow through to the deep marine environment.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Identify depositional environments in the marine realm.
- Identify and interpret the geological and biological products from marine depositional environments.
- Explain the fundamental principles of sediment transport and deposition.
- Collect and integrate scientific data sets.
Content
The unit covers the following topics in both theoretical and applied terms:
- Marine depositional environments - shallow to deep water environmental conditions, sedimentation, marine biota
- Marine biological assessment and management - distribution of biota in the oceans, reef structure and fauna
- Application of Marine Geoscience - marine resource exploration and extraction.
Learning Approaches
The unit combines formal lectures, practicals and collaborative workshops to provide both theoretical knowledge and important practical experience with modern marine processes and products. The combination of collaborative investigation in workshops and individual assessment tasks will allow you to formulate and present geoscience concepts and ideas.
Lectures: 1 hour per week for 12 weeks. Active lectures will present fundamental base knowledge that will be explored further in the workshops and field trip.
Practicals or Workshops (including online): 3 hours a week for 12 weeks. These hands-on and online classes will provide experience in observation and analysis of marine data.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback will be provided through the following mechanisms:
Written feedback and oral will be provided for all assessment items according to each assessment criteria with verbal feedback and examples in class
Assessment
Overview
Assessment includes applied scientific work in the laboratory through a project and portfolio of related practical activities, a project and a final timed online assessment to assess conceptual theoretical knowledge. All work is individually assessed.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project
Sedimentary data synthesis and analysis
Relates to learning outcomes
1-4
Assessment: Portfolio
Progressive practical projects will provide you with experience in: depositional environment identification and analysis, coastal and ocean processes and products.
Relates to learning outcomes
1-3
Assessment: Timed Online Assessment
Timed online release of short answer questions, to be completed at home, scanned and uploaded to Turn It In. Based on theories covered in the lectures.
Relates to learning outcomes
1-3
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Boggs, 2011. Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (5th Edition). Prentice Hall. 688 pp.
(This is the same text book for Sedimentology and Stratigraphy in 2nd Semester, 2nd year).
Lecture notes and workshop reading made available on Blackboard.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the unit, but the field excursion will require your particular attention to university safety guidelines. Complete safety information will be provided.