HAZM691-15CY (C) Cross Year 2015

Dissertation

60 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 2 November 2015
End Date: Sunday, 6 March 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 4 December 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 29 January 2016

Description

Professional project in hazard and disaster management

The dissertation project itself may be primarily field based, laboratory based and/or have a strong experiential component.  There will be components of literature review and project planning involved. The project will have been prepared, proposed and the literature review completed in HAZM403.

It is anticipated that students will commence at the beginning of Term 4, after submitting the literature review. Students will be responsible for time and project management, presentation of their progress, communication with the project sponsors and preparation of final dissertation outputs in the form of a professional project (i.e. science report, poster, conference paper, etc.).

Learning Outcomes

Students completing this course will be able to:
1. Synthesise the various concepts from hazard and disaster management.
2. Conduct a dissertation project with minimal supervision.
3. Network with practitioners in the field of hazard and disaster management.
4. Work with colleagues and supervisors in hazard and disaster management.
5. Develop professional communication skills including oral presentation, poster and manuscript.

Prerequisites

120 points at 400-level including HAZM401, 403, 408 and 410

Timetable Note

Other staff from the Geological Sciences Department, and/or other University staff or outside practitioners, may be involved with project supervision.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Tom Wilson

Lecturers

Tim Davies and Matthew Hughes

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Time management proforma and communication 10% Time management proforma and communication (throughout semester)
Outline and figures 18 Dec 2015 20% Outline and figures (due three-quarters of course)
Conference poster 04 Dec 2015 30% Conference poster (Judged by HAZM panel)
Professional Project (ie, Consultancy report, Science report, Conference manuscript) 06 Mar 2016 40% Professional Project (ie, Consultancy report, Science report, Conference manuscript) due at end of course and marked by supervisor

Notes

120 points at 400-level including HAZM401, HAZM403, HAZM408 and HAZM410

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $3,953.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if less than 1 person applies to enrol.

For further information see Geological Sciences .

All HAZM691 Occurrences

  • HAZM691-15CY (C) Cross Year 2015