Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)
Module ARCH52815: GIS in Archaeology
Department: Archaeology
ARCH52815: GIS in Archaeology
| Type | Open | Level | 4 | Credits | 15 | Availability | Available in 2007/08 | Module Cap |
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Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Excluded Combination of Modules
- None.
Aims
- To equip students with a critical and working knowledge of the main uses of Geographic Information Systems in archaeology.
Content
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge:
Subject-specific Skills:
- Students will have mastered: the essential components of a GIS
- Basics of raster and vector data structures
- Investigating simple spatial relationships using buffering and clipping
- Visibility analysis
- Cost surface analysis
- Statistical testing of spatial relationships
Key Skills:
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
- Lectures : Components of a GIS, and basic operations; Visibility analysis; Cost surfaces; Statistical testing
- Practicals: Managing data sets; Buffering and clipping; Visibility analysis; Cost surface analysis; Statistical testing
Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total/Hours | |
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| Lectures | 4 | weekly | 1:00 | 4 | |
| Tutorials | 2 | fortnightly | 1:00 | 2 | |
| Seminars | |||||
| Practicals | 5 | weekly | 2:00 | 10 | |
| Fieldwork | |||||
| Preparation & Reading | |||||
| Other: | 134 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Summative Assessment
| Component: Portfolio | Component Weighting: 100% | ||
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| Element | Length / duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
| Essay | 2,000 words | 50% | |
| Report, on a practical application GIS analysis to an archaeological problem, consisting of a description of the problem and analytical methods used, and graphical representations of the original data and results of analysis | 10 pages max | 50% | |
Formative Assessment:
■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University