Course work on the Methods of meteorological Research

Course: Meteorology

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Course work on the Methods of meteorological Research
Code
ОК 23.
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
1
Learning outcomes
PLO05. To be able to conduct field and laboratory studies of processes in the atmosphere and other geospheres PLO08. Justify the choice and use field and laboratory methods to analyze natural and anthropogenic systems and objects. PLO11. Organize and summarize materials of field and laboratory research. PLO 13. Be able to communicate the results of activities to professional audience and the general public, make presentations and reports. PLO 15. Be able to choose the best methods and tools for conducting research, data collection and processing.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastery of the 1-2 year disciplines of the OP "Meteorology", namely, "Meteorology", "Atmospheric thermodynamics", "Topography with the basics of Geodesy", "Cartography", "General hydrology", "General and historical geology", "Soil and Soil Science with the basics of soil geography, Geomorphology and Paleogeography", "Climatology", "Physics", "Higher Mathematics". Know: theoretical foundations of meteorology, hydrology; geology, earth science, topography, cartography, mathematics, physics, methods of processing and analysis of meteorological information. Be able to: collect initial data for research, select and analyze information and mapping sources, have basic practical skills of collecting, analyzing materials of hydrometeorological observations, methods of information processing, to give a physical and geographical characterization of the studied territory in terms of climatic conditions,
Course content
A term paper on the methods of meteorological research methods is a type of independent scientific and practical activity of students and a kind of culmination of the courses taken. Coursework is performed on subjects that are basic in the specialty. The department develops and approves topics of term papers in accordance with the content of a particular academic discipline. A course work involves the study of a specific scientific problem with the obligatory independent scientific research and recording of its and recording its results. They can be of two types: 1) abstract - the student uses a significant amount of literature and critically analyzes and comprehends the results of scientific research of predecessors on the topic they are studying (scientific facts, theories, hypotheses, ideas, methods, system of concepts, etc,) deepening the knowledge acquired during the study of theoretical courses; 2) research - the student conducts his/her own research while performing the course work own research, independently applying the acquired knowledge of the methods of meteorological research (when conducting observations in nature; when processing of primary sources of information - statistical directories, archival and and stock sources, etc.) Students are allotted 30 hours of independent work to write the paper.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Вимоги до написання та захисту курсових робіт : навч.- метод. посіб. / упоряд. Б. С. Крищук, О. М. Севастьянова. Хмельницький : ХГПА, 2011. 53 с. 2. ДСТУ 3017:2015. Видання. Основні види. Терміни та визначення понять [Текст]. На заміну ДСТУ 3017-95; чинний від 2016-07-01. Київ : ДП «УкрНДНЦ», 2016. IV, 38 с. (Інформація та документація). 3. Загальні рекомендації з підготовки, оформлення, захисту й оцінювання випускних кваліфікаційних робіт здобувачів вищої освіти першого бакалаврського і другого магістерського рівнів / за ред. доц. М. І. Шинкарика. Тернопіль : ТНЕУ, 2018. 60 с. 4. Курсові роботи: вимоги та рекомендації до виконання й захисту : навч. посіб. для студ. спеціальності 035 «Філологія» / уклад. : Є.О. Дегтярьова, Л.В. Школяр. Київ: КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського, 2019. 89 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Chamber work. Oral examination, defense of the term paper. Speech at the defense of the term paper
Assessment methods and criteria
The level of achievement of all planned results in the course work is determined by the work is determined by the results of data collection and processing, the ability to to analyze hydrometeorological information, describe it in their own original text, following the rules of academic integrity (avoiding plagiarism), present and defend the completed term paper.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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