Unit information: Research Methods in 2009/10

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Unit name Research Methods
Unit code EASCM0011
Credit points 10
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1A (weeks 1 - 6)
Unit director Professor. Helffrich
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Levels 1 - 3 of Geology or Environmental Geoscience programmes

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Earth Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

Introduction to research and science; experimental design, statistical methods; quantitative approaches in the Earth sciences; problem solving; computer approaches; funding of research; research ethics.