Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
6305NATSCI-JAN-CTY
Aims
Introduce students to the key skills and perspectives required to collect, critically evaluate and present geoforensic evidence. It will provide students with transferable skills in forensic field survey, site management, laboratory and geo-data analysis applicable to many situations in professional environmental science.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Employ relevant geoforensic field and laboratory techniques
2.
Critically evaluate the findings from field and lab based data analyses
3.
Develop logical argument to synthesize complex results and findings to a non-specialist audience
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:1) 3-day non-residential field course - Field skills and evidence gathering:
Topographic and other technical survey and data analysis
Forensic site and excavation management and control
Forensic site recording and reporting
2) Laboratory and computer practicals - analysing the evidence:
The geoforensic analysis of site materials
Geoforensic data handling.
3) Lectures, supported by tutorials, covering the context, role and background to
geoforensic investigations.
The course will conclude with group presentation and workshop sessions during which students will describe the results of their own investigations based on evidence gathered during the initial field and laboratory studies.
Module Overview:
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the key skills and perspectives required to collect, critically evaluate and present geoforensic evidence. It will provide transferable skills in forensic field survey, site management, laboratory and geo-data analysis applicable to many situations in professional environmental science.
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the key skills and perspectives required to collect, critically evaluate and present geoforensic evidence. It will provide transferable skills in forensic field survey, site management, laboratory and geo-data analysis applicable to many situations in professional environmental science.
Additional Information:This very practical course is intended as an introduction to Geoforensics which draws on knowledge which students have obtained at L4 and L5. It aims to teach students the key skills and perspectives required to gather, assess and present geoforensic evidence. It will provide them with transferable skills in forensic field survey, site management, laboratory and geo-data analysis applicable to many situations in professional environmental practice.