BSc Level 2 start of year meeting 20078

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BSc Level 2 start of year meeting 2007/8
School of Geography FACULTY OF EARTH AND
ENVIRONMENT

• Dr Steve Carver, BSc Programme Manager
• Diane Collett, Student Support Manager

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Welcome back!
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• Outline
• Importance of level 2
• Reminder of BSc Geography programme
• Field classes and tutorials
• Module choices
• Feedback
• Year abroad or year in industry?
• Careers

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• Acting as a peer mentor?
• Dont forget the welcome meeting this Thursday at
  the Fav. Meet your mentees at the SoG at 2.45pm
  and take them across to the Fav.

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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
• Pass to progress modules 2500, 2800, 2970
• Resit opportunities 40 cap
• Special cases
• Extensions and penalties
• University penalties apply (subtract 5 per
  working day late) without previously agreed
  extension
• Avoid plagiarism
• Keep your receipts for work handed in
• Pay attention to markers feedback

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• A reminder of your programme objectives
• to investigate and to inter-relate core
  components of the earth surface system, at
  present and in the immediate past
• to explore, to analyse and to synthesise the
  complex and reciprocal relationships between the
  physical components of the earth, the
  environment, landscape and human society
• to understand, to explain and to challenge the
  implications of (1) and (2) for both policy and
  practice
• to develop specific skills in relation to data
  acquisition, analysis and interpretation in
  relation to geography in general and
  physical/environmental geography in particular
• to develop transferable skills in relation to
  Information Technology and numeracy fieldwork
  laboratory methods communication and teamwork
  critical analysis creative thinking and
  writing and
• to prepare students for life-long learning,
  study and enquiry for future careers and for
  disseminating the value of a geography education
  to the wider world.

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• After your first year you should be able to
• demonstrate a familiarity with the basic
  concepts, information, practical competencies and
  techniques which are standard features of the
  discipline of geography
• use basic generic and subject specific
  intellectual qualities i.e. be able to
  communicate the results of their work
• present a structured and coherent simple
  argument
• be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying
  concepts and principles of the discipline
• evaluate qualitative and quantitative data
• demonstrate an ability to evaluate the
  appropriateness of different approaches to
  problem-solving in geography
• appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as
  learners
• demonstrate an awareness of professional and
  disciplinary boundaries.

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• Read, read, read
• Remember you are reading for a degree
• You must read and not only your lecture notes!
• Books
• Journals
• Web sites
• A quality daily newspaper

"The more that you read, the more things you will
know. The more that you learn, the more places
you'll go." Dr. Seuss
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• Submitting work
• Most work still handed in via reception
• Complete Undergraduate assignment report form
• Complete Declaration of academic integrity form
• Staple to front of work
• Hand in and retain receipt for your records
• Tutorial work handed in via tutor
• Complete Undergraduate tutorial assignment
  report form
• Deadlines
• University penalties apply (5 deduction per
  working day late)

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• GEOG2840 Physical Geography Field Class (Alps)
• Austrian Alps 7-14 July 2008 (approx)
  approximate cost 520 convenor - Steve Carver
• GEOG 2990 Physical Geography Field Class Spain,
  Easter 08 Jim Hogg
• GEOG2800 Tutorial and Dissertation Design
• Tutorial group lists
• Tutorials when, how many
• Assessments
• Hand in copy of timetable by end of week zero

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• Optional modules in physical Geography at level 2
• A reminder of teaching strands
• GIS Environment GIS for the Geosciences
• Geomorphology Fundamentals of Geomorphology
• Palaeoclimate/Palaeoecology Palaeoclimate
• Global Systems/Change Geography of Natural
  Catastrophes Disasters
• Laboratory Skills Applied Water Soil Science
  Practical skills in environmental science
• Ecology Ecology, Evolution Global Change
• Climate Atmosphere and Ocean Interactions in
  the Climate System
• Environmental Issues Natural resources for
  sustainable development Water Resources Science
  and Management of Terrestrial Carbon
• Chance to build on these at level 3

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• Elective and optional module choices
• Enrolled for fewer than 120 credits? Attend
  electives fair in Great Hall / UG09 building
  (Tuesday-Thursday, 9-5) 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 Geography
  Reception for inputting.
• 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 Jan Wakefield 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.
• If you need to discuss module choices, see either
  Jan Wakefield in G25a between 11-12 or 3-4, or
  Diane Collett.

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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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• Feedback mechanisms
• Informal via members of staff tutor, Student
  Support Manager
• Formal mid-year and end-of-year feedback
  processes for modules, whole course and student
  satisfaction survey
• Staff-Student Committee meets several 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 28 September.

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• Postgraduate Study Assistants Scheme
• Struggling? Get help for problems with
  geographical issues, concepts, skills
• One-to-one matching with a postgraduate research
  student, via coordinator Eleanor Wilkinson
• geo-help_at_leeds.ac.uk
• Complete the online form to submit your request
  www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/studentinfo/schemeform.html
• Generic skills training provided by Skills Centre
  look at the courses they provide and make use
  of their resources

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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)
• Erasmus programmes exchanges to Utrecht,
  Santander, Liege, Grenoble
• 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
• Organiser Martin Clarke / Diane Collett

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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 year
  placements project placements)
• Careers officers (Sue Hawksworth, Lynda Hall)
  running surgeries in Geography every Wednesday
  from 1-2 pm. No appointment necessary just turn
  up. Starts 3 October.
• Additional help through Career Preparation for
  Geographers module
• Careers Fair in Geography, Thursday 7 February
  2008.

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• Reminder of support structures
• Student Support Network (Medical Practice
  Counselling Centre Equality Services LUU
  Student Advice Centre Careers Centre Skills
  Centre, etc.) all free and open to all
• Your tutor academic and personal
• Student Support Manager (personal issues
  extension requests open door policy)
• Confidentiality
• Special cases make sure we know a bout your
  mitigating circumstances
• If you dont tell us, we wont know.

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• Volunteering opportunities
• Access Academy volunteering opportunities in
  schools
• Royal Geographical Society (RGS) ambassadors
  for Geography - training 22 October, 3.30-6.-00
  p.m., SoG. To register v.p.vankuyk_at_leeds.ac.uk

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• Know your enemy
• Time
• Time management
• Meeting deadlines
• Know your friends
• Use your tutor
• Asking for help
• Pastoral care
• Study groups/buddies
• Self-help
• Wiser and older

Not available in the shops
Find these slides at http//www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/
studentinfo/index.html