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GV3VOL: Volcanic Hazards and Risk Management
Module code: GV3VOL
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 Stuart Black, email: s.black@reading.ac.uk
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Placement information: NA
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students: Yes
Talis reading list: Yes
Last updated: 20 May 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
This module aims to explore volcanic hazards and their impact on societies. The module will explore volcanic hazards and risks imposed on societies and the impact of multi-scale volcanic eruptions. The module will use a wide-range of evidence based approaches including practical-based investigations of volcanic materials/examples to illustrate the approaches.
This module will investigate the threat to societies from volcanic eruptions. The module will explore volcanic risk and hazards on several scales, from large explosive eruptions which have generated significant climate and environmental changes, to small scale volcanic eruptions that occur on a daily basis. The module will use a wide-range of evidence based approaches from archaeological, historical, geological, observational and real-time satellite based approaches to illustrate the nature and impact of volcanic eruptions. Students will be able to explore the latest research in these areas and these will be complimented by detailed case studies.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:
- understand the basic concepts of volcanic hazard strategy;
- describe the hazards associated with different forms of volcanic activity, illustrate their mitigation with appropriate case studies, use and interpret volcanic hazard data sets and understand these in a risk context.
- create hypotheses of volcanically driven environmental change in a global context and assess the impact of volcanic activity upon human cultural development.
- use and interpret numeric data sets and conduct independent research.
Module content
The module will investigate a variety of volcanic hazards including: Volcanic activity and atmospheric impact; Super volcanic eruptions and their impacts on glaciations, genetic bottlenecks, extinctions and extreme climate modification; Fissure eruptions; Explosive eruptions and their impacts on more recent climate change and social response; Health impacts of volcanic activity; Volcanic activity and human cultural responses; Cities and communities at risk; Presentation of volcanic hazard materials to the media; Practical illustrations of volcanic hazards.
This module covers volcanic activity and risk management over a global context, with examples and data used from different volcanic systems across virtually all the continents.聽
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
Illustrated lectures, practical sessions, field excavations will be used. There will be a visit to Natural History Museum in London as part of the module and training from a range of internal and external experts.
Study hours
At least 52 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 | 20 | ||
Seminars | 2 | ||
Tutorials | 1 | ||
Project Supervision | |||
Demonstrations | |||
Practical classes and workshops | 24 | ||
Supervised time in studio / workshop | |||
Scheduled revision sessions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Fieldwork | |||
External visits | 5 | ||
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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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 | 148 |
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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Oral assessment | Risk assessment | 60 | Risk assessment of a volcano system (including critique of previous work) and TV interview with media | ||
Set exercise | Practical report | 40 | Practical report on either tephra or volcanic products practical exercise |
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.
An article critique will be made available for formative feedback which will help with the main risk assessment report.
There will be an opportunity to practice the TV interview with feedback.
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Oral reassessment | Risk assessment | 60 | During the University resit period | Risk assessment of a volcano system (including critique of previous work) and TV interview with media | |
Set exercise | Practical report | 40 | Practical report on either tephra or volcanic products practical exercise |
Additional costs
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Computers and devices with a particular specification | ||
Printing and binding | ||
Required textbooks | ||
Specialist clothing, footwear, or headgear | ||
Specialist equipment or materials | ||
Travel, accommodation, and subsistence |
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.