Program Overview
This program offers students practical experience in offshore and seabed techniques, including mapping, sampling, imaging, and monitoring. Assessment includes essays and practical reports, and the curriculum consists of lectures, practicals, and fieldwork. The program prepares students for careers in seabed exploration and resource assessment.
Program Outline
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.
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.
Teaching:
Teaching Methods: 5 x 1hr(s) Lectures; 3 x 3hr(s) Practicals; 2 x 1day(s) Fieldwork.
€450. There is also a €35 application fee.
