| Lecturing |
The lecturer will expose in the theoretical classes the contents of the subject. The presentations will be screened and the blackboard will be simultaneously used, as well as to the sporadically use of computerized systems.
The student will have copies of the material projected, to facilitate them for taking notes and follow-up the sessions.
The students will be able to consult basic bibliography for the follow-up of the subject. The participation will be encouraged through questions, motivational techniques such as intentional errors, incomplete solutions, etc. |
| Field practice |
During the field sessions, the student will use topographic instrumentation in groups of 3-4, in order to learn the process of data acquisition.
The students have to deliver, individually or as a group according to previous indication by the lecturer, the resolution of some practical case studies proposed at the end of each session.
The lecturer will evaluate both the deliver of the proposed exercise as well as the results presented. If the report is delivered blank with the name of the student, it will be failed (0,0). If the report is a plagiarism of another one, the evaluation for all the practical section (outdoor study and Project) will be failed (0,0). These deliveries will serve to evaluate the phase of development of a topographic survey and data processing in the final Project.
The lecturer will establish the deadline for each deliver at the end of the sessions, although it should not be extended more than two weeks from their realization. |
| Practices through ICT |
The practical sessions in the computer room will be carried out using the means available in the center. For some sessions, the software MDT (AutoCAD) to manage different tools for the generation of plans and other concepts explained in the theoretical sessions.
Software gvSIG will be also used for the geospatial analysis of geographic data, as well as for the elaboration of thematic cartography. |
| Project based learning |
The students have to submit, at the end of the semester, a final Project. This Project must include all the practical procedures carried out during the outdoor study in order to perform a topographic survey, the data processing in laboratory and the elaboration of the planimetric and altimetric planes. The Project will be carried out in group (3-4 students) and the results will be presented in both forms: (1) a Project report and (2) a public presentation to the lecturer and the rest of the students in the subject. The lecturer will evaluate both the content on the report and the quality in the presentation. All the students have to participate in the public presentation. Otherwise, the project assessment will be failed (0,0). |
