EG2201 Physical Geography Field Research

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EG2201(Physical Geography)Field Research
Techniques

• Steve Hoon Andrew Thomas

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EG2201 (Physical Geography) Field Research
Techniques

• Next year you will complete a project (unit
  69EG3291) worth one third of your final degree
  result!
• The final year project is a major piece of
  independent investigative research.
• This unit will help you to develop the skills you
  need for your final year project and give you an
  opportunity to have a practice run via the
  69EG2201 Project

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EG2201 (Physical Geography) Field Research
Techniques
For the physical geography strand There are four
assignments associated with this unit

• Assignment 1 (10 of unit total)
• Question formulation and supporting literature
• Assignment 2 (20 of unit total)
• Research design and methodology
• Assignment 3 (20 of unit total)
• Sett and Goyt Valley project report
• Assignment 4 (50 of unit total)
• Scottish field course and project report

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EG2201 (Physical Geography) Field Research
Techniques

• Seminar Assignment Activities
• Your image
• Your response
• Key features processes of formation, timescales,
  implications
• Your research question (a starting point)
• Supporting academic literature a summary and
  reference list

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EG2201 (Physical Geography) Field Research
Techniques

• What are the key issues in physical geography
  today?

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Keynote Speakers at the 2005 British
Geomorphology Conference
Professor Rob Ferguson University of Durham, UK
Professor Mike Church, University Of British
Colombia, Canada
Lets put theory before the observation and let
it guide us as to what to measure Too much of
geomorphology is concerned with the specific and
is therefore only descriptive. To move on we need
to be concerned with the general and make laws so
we have the power of prediction.
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Stimuli for enquiring minds
CB Filaments Sheath x950
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Stimuli for enquiring mindsWhat questions arise
in your mind when you see this image?
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EG2201 (Physical Geography) Field Research
Techniques

• Seminar Assignment Activities
• Your image
• Your response
• Key features processes of formation, timescales,
  implications
• Your research question (a starting point)
• Supporting academic literature a summary and
  reference list