JH Level 2 start of year meeting 20089

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JH Level 2 start of year meeting 2008/9
School of Geography FACULTY OF EARTH AND
ENVIRONMENT

• Diane Collett, Student Support Manager, School of
  Geography
• Tessa Grant, School Support Officer
• Jim Hogg, Tutor for Joint Honours Science

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Welcome back!
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• Whats in todays session?
• Importance of level 2
• Geography module choices
• Leeds for Life (careers advice volunteering
  opportunities)
• The new VLE
• Feedback
• Reminder about student support
• Year abroad or year in industry?

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• Importance of level 2
• Classification rules level 2 counts toward your
  final degree! 11 or 12 models
• Must pass 100 credits at level 2 to progress
  level 1 electives wont count towards level 2
  credits
• All marks count in average, even fail marks
• Pass to progress modules none in Geography,
  but may be some in other subject
• Resit opportunities 40 cap
• Special cases
• Extensions and penalties
• University penalties apply (deduction of 5 per
  calendar day late) without previously agreed
  extension
• Avoid plagiarism
• Keep your receipts for work handed in
• Pay attention to markers feedback

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• BA Tutorials and research preparation
• GEOG2680 Research Methods
• Lectures and practicals
• Preparation for dissertation
• GEOG2670 Approaching Human Geography
• Tutorial group lists new tutors and new
  groupings
• Tutorials when, how often
• Hand in copy of timetable by end of week zero
• Assessment changes from last year now
  includes an exam

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• BA Field Classes
• GEOG2730 Human Geography Field Classes
• Montpellier 1st week April - 200 airfare
  John Stillwell
• Helsinki 1st week April - 300 approx.
  including airfare David Milne
• Trieste 12-19 April - 200 airfare (150)
  Paul Waley
• Want to opt out? Must do so by the end of week 4
  teaching (and take replacement semester 2 module)
  otherwise committed, including to cost

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• BA Optional Geography modules at level 2
• Reminder of teaching strands and 08-09 optional
  modules
• Semester One
• Thematic strand 10-credit optional module 0809
• Development radical GEOG2690 Geographies of
  international development and rebellion
• Politics GEOG2910 Political Geography
• Urban culture GEOG2930 The modern city
• Urban and regional GEOG2820 cities and regions,
  analysis and planning
• dynamics
• Environment and GEOG2920 Geography of resources
  GEOG2890 Water resources
• resources
• Semester Two
• Thematic strand 10-credit optional module 0809
• Space and society GEOG2810 Spaces of citizenship
  and belonging
• Population GEOG2002 Population, health and
  wellbeing
• Urban and regional GEOG2710 Retail Geography
• dynamics
• Chance to build on these at Level 3.

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• BSc Field Classes and Tutorials
• GEOG2003 Physical Geography Field Class (Alps)
• Austrian Alps 1st week July 2009 approximate
  cost 520 convenor - Steve Carver
• GEOG 2001 Mediterranean Field Class (Greece),
  Easter 09 Ian Lawson
• GEOG2800 Tutorial and Dissertation Design
• Tutorial group lists new tutors, new groups
• Tutorials when, how many
• Assessments
• Hand in copy of timetable by end of week zero

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• BSc Optional Geography modules at level 2
• Reminder of teaching strands and 08-09 optional
  modules
• Semester One
• Thematic strand 10-credit optional module 0809
• Environmental GIS GEOG2750 GIS for the
  Geosciences
• Water and soils GEOG2890 Water resources
• Landscape dynamics GEOG2940 Fundamentals of
  geomorphology
• Climate change and GEOG2980 Science and
  management of terrestrial carbon
• its impact
• Environment and GEOG2920 Geography of resources
• resources
• Semester Two
• Thematic strand 10-credit optional module 0809
• Lab skills GEOG2780 Practical skills in
  environmental science
• Climate change and GEOG2850 Ecology, evolution
  and global change (full)
• its impact
• Palaeo GEOG2860 Palaeoclimate (almost full)
• Chance to build on these at Level 3.

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• Optional and elective module choices
• Enrolled for fewer than 120 credits? Complete
  change of module form and obtain departmental
  stamp from the teaching department concerned.
  Give in the form at the fair or hand it in at
  your Centre for Joint Honours for inputting now
  in the Ziff building!
• Already enrolled for 120 credits but want to
  change modules? Complete a change of module form,
  get this signed off by both department for module
  added and department for module dropped. Submit
  to CJA for inputting.
• Choose electives at either level 2 (recommended)
  or level 1, not level 3. Balance credits across
  semesters.
• Your responsibility to check pre-requisites and
  check for timetable clashes.

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• Changing modules
• You are allowed to change optional or elective
  modules within the first couple of weeks of term,
  but beware that you will have missed some
  lectures.
• Shadow any modules you may wish to switch into.
• You will not be permitted to change modules later
  on.
• Attendance
• It is your responsibility to attend ALL sessions
  timetabled for your modules. Students not
  attending will be followed up and may be subject
  to the Unsatisfactory Student Procedure which can
  lead to permanent exclusion from the University.

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• Submitting work
• Most work still handed in via reception
• Complete white Undergraduate assignment report
  form
• Complete pink Declaration of academic integrity
  form
• Tutorial work handed in via tutor but later in
  term will also be electronically via Turnitin in
  the VLE
• Complete orange Undergraduate tutorial
  assignment report form
• Complete pink Declaration of academic integrity
  form
• Deadlines
• University penalties apply (5 deduction per
  calendar day late)

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• University online systems
• The Student Portal - reminder
• www.myuni.leeds.ac.uk Student Services tab for
  registration and amending personal details and
  contact information, module results, module
  enrolment, etc.
• My modules tab shows the modules which you are
  enrolled for. News, announcements, information,
  links to teaching resources (in the VLE), reading
  lists, past exam papers
• Email your university email viewable via the
  Portal
• Library direct access to the Library resources
  and to your Library account
• Personal calendar updated automatically after
  you enrol for a module
• Information and news from around the campus
  various tabs

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• University online systems
• The VLE (Virtual Learning Environment
  Blackboard) NEW for 0809
• https//vlebb.leeds.ac.uk for direct access, or
  via My Modules links from the Portal
• Taking over from Bodington Common (Nathan
  Bodington)
• Hosts resources for your modules (My Modules),
  downloadable or to use online
• School of Geography General resources and
  information (My Organisations School of
  Geography Paul Sayer Royal Literary Fellow)

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• Helping taught students at Leeds integrate their
  academic and wider university experience and
  prepare for their future
• Bringing together opportunities offered in
  Schools and across campus
• academic opportunities
• opportunities to develop life skills and prepare
  for a future career
• opportunities to develop personal skills and
  attributes
• All this under the guidance of a personal tutor
• www.leeds.ac.uk/leedsforlife

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• Career planning and the Careers Centre
• One-to-one help and advice on all aspects of work
  experience and career planning
• Materials to take away at the Careers Centre, 5-7
  Cromer Terrace
• View job adverts
• Search online for vacancies
• Help in finding placements (internships project
  placements)
• Careers officers (Sue Hawksworth, Lynda Hall)
  running workshops and drop-in surgeries several
  times during semester one. No appointment
  necessary just turn up.
• Submit a CV to the School for your file useful
  for us for writing future references. See
  http//www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/studentinfo/handbook/r
  eferences.html
• Careers Fair in Geography, Thursday 5 February
  2009

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• Feedback mechanisms
• Informal via members of staff tutor, Student
  Support Manager
• Formal mid-year and end-of-year module surveys,
  end of year programme survey
• Staff-Student Committee meets six times per
  year reps. from all levels, all programmes. Need
  to elect new members for BA, BA with Transport
  Planning, BSc, JHArts/Langs, JHScience.
  Nominations to Diane Collett by 3 October.

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• Reminder of support structures
• Student Support Network (Medical Practice
  Counselling Centre Equality Services LUU
  Student Advice Centre Careers Centre
  Skills_at_Library, etc.) free and open to all
• Centre for Joint Honours staff Ida Kemp (BA)
  Clive Souter (BSc) your JH tutor
• Tessa Grant in Geography (personal issues
  extension requests)
• Confidentiality respected, but JH notified
• Special cases make sure CJA know about your
  mitigating circumstances
• If you dont tell us, we wont know.

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• Study abroad next year ?
• Study abroad possible after Level 2 at one of the
  following five intercontinental destinations
  partnered with the School
• McMaster, Waterloo, Singapore, Illinois, Brisbane
  (UQ), Adelaide
• Erasmus programmes exchanges to Utrecht,
  Santander, Grenoble
• Student views sought on possible new destinations
• Attend study abroad fair in November, plus
  departmental meeting meet returning students
• Other destinations available via Study Abroad
  Office
• Change to International version of programme
• More info? Geography Study Abroad Co-ordinator
  Diane Collett, or
• See website for more info http//www.geog.leeds.a
  c.uk/studentinfo/abroad.html
• A chance too good to miss!

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• Year in industry
• Gain some valuable work experience, earn a salary
  for a year, strengthen your CV
• Year in industry possible after Level 2
• Change to industrial version of the programme
• Some lightweight academic requirements
• Careers Centre will advise on finding a placement
• Meeting for those interested later in the
  semester chance to meet returning students
• Year in Industry Tutor Martin Clarke

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• Dos and Donts
• Dont panic about your work come and see us if
  you need help
• Dont waste time use time wisely
• Dont devote all your time to work and forget
  about your social life and your friends!
• Do attend all your timetabled sessions
• Do expect an increase in the level of difficulty
  and amount of work
• Do plenty of reading
• Do continue to have a good time and enjoy
  University life
• Find these slides at http//www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/
  studentinfo/index.html