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GV3PGF: Physical Geography Field Class
Module code: GV3PGF
Module provider: Geography and Environmental Science; School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
Credits: 20
Level: Level 3 (Honours)
When you'll be taught: Semester 1
Module convenor: Dr Mike Simmonds, email: m.j.simmonds@reading.ac.uk
Pre-requisite module(s):
Co-requisite module(s):
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):
Module(s) excluded: IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE GV3FC OR TAKE GV3ESF OR TAKE GV3HGF (Compulsory)
Placement information: NA
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students: No
Talis reading list: Yes
Last updated: 20 May 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
This is a field-based module to enhance training and experience of in-situ investigations. It is anticipated that field class will be based in Iceland and will allow students to experience a range of natural environments and will include a day long expedition including such activities as: ice cave formation, glacier walking, volcanic tephra sampling, volcano monitoring and archaeological investigations.
The module aims to provide students with additional field experience to investigate natural hazards and their impact on human societies both past and present. Following the field class the students will have a detailed understanding of archaeological, physical and environmental evidence for both climate and natural hazards and how they have impacted on society.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Apply appropriate methodologies to observe, record, collect, organise and analyse a range of types of field data related to climate, soil quality, economy, volcanic history and the impact of geohazards on human populations through history, at the present and in future.
- Describe and explain the fundamentals of geology, physical geography and the nature of how human society has changed over time in Iceland.
- Competently use maps and other navigation aids in the field and use these in remote environments.
- Recognise the importance of keeping consistent and detailed field notes in order to be able to synthesize findings into a digital log, produce summarized expedition/study day and to present findings of a group activity via a range of different media.
Module content
The field class will comprise fieldwork with students divided into small, supervised groups. An overview of the geology and the main geomorphological features of the field class location will be completed on a familiarization day. Each subsequent day will be composed of data collection on a specific theme, including volcanism, geohazards, historical development of the landscape and economy, impacts of natural hazards on human communities both past and present. The evenings will involve data analysis and presentation.
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
The module comprises 8 days of work in the field, including travel time. Students are required to complete electronic field records (using tablets), and each evening there will be a short briefing to review the day鈥檚 work, and to introduce the following day鈥檚 programme as well as giving time to work up any data collected. Students will be required to give a short team presentation each evening. Prior to departure, the students will attend preparatory sessions and safety briefings. Upon return, students will also attend tutorials to prepare them for writing their video blog and attend University training sessions to prepare themselves. Students will also give their expedition presentations at a session where they will present their video blog followed by the presentation of expeditionary awards.
Study hours
At least 93 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.
聽Scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Lectures | 5 | ||
Seminars | 5 | ||
Tutorials | |||
Project Supervision | |||
Demonstrations | |||
Practical classes and workshops | 3 | ||
Supervised time in studio / workshop | |||
Scheduled revision sessions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Fieldwork | 80 | ||
External visits | |||
Work-based learning | |||
聽Self-scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Directed viewing of video materials/screencasts | |||
Participation in discussion boards/other discussions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Other | |||
Other (details) | |||
聽Placement and study abroad | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Placement | |||
Study abroad | |||
聽Independent study hours | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Independent study hours | 107 |
Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.
Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.
Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.
Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.
Assessment
Requirements for a pass
Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.
Summative assessment
Type of assessment | Detail of assessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of assessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Set exercise | Individual Electronic notebook | 80 | |||
Oral assessment | Video | 20 |
Penalties for late submission of summative assessment
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:
Assessments with numerical marks
- where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
- the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
- where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
Assessments marked Pass/Fail
- where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.
The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: /cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.
This field class offers enormous opportunities to develop independence as well as valuable field experience to a remote location in challenging environments. The experience and opportunities on offer will be extremely valuable in team building and personal development for the future as well as offering something unique.
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Set exercise | Individual Electronic notebook | 80 | Reassessment period | Where possible reassessment will draw on the work that the student completed in the field to permit them to enhance this using wider reading for resubmission. Where this is not deemed feasible, perhaps due to a lack of primary resource to draw on, an alternative assessment will be set and any additional training required for this will be provided. | |
Oral reassessment | Video | 20 | Reassessment period | Where possible reassessment will draw on the work that the student completed in the field to permit them to enhance this using wider reading for resubmission. Where this is not deemed feasible, perhaps due to a lack of primary resource to draw on, an alternative assessment will be set and any additional training required for this will be provided. |
Additional costs
Item | Additional information | Cost |
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Computers and devices with a particular specification | ||
Printing and binding | ||
Required textbooks | ||
Specialist clothing, footwear, or headgear | Appropriate clothing and footwear for fieldwork at the field class destination is required. This includes warm waterproof clothing and good walking boots. | 拢100-拢200 |
Specialist equipment or materials | ||
Travel, accommodation, and subsistence | Students will be required to pay the costs of their own food during the field-class (lunch and dinner). Breakfast in the hotel is provided and included. An estimated cost is given, but this could be lower or higher depending on personal choice. | 拢200 |
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.