PHYS 324: Geophysical Field Research Introductory Seminar
Prerequisites: Instructor Approval
Credit Hours: (1)
This course will include readings, activities, and experimental and equipment design components to prepare students for the PHYS 325 – Geophysical Field Research class (to be offered the subsequent semester). Students and faculty will create a plan of study for the fieldwork of the PHYS 325 class. Students will learn about professional equipment and software that may be used in the field, and be required to design and make their own sensors to be deployed in PHYS 325.
Detailed Description of Course Content
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
Course delivery may include weekly meetings with instruction on existing equipment
and software, discussions of the research problems to be addressed, regular assignments
involving equipment design and build planning, research proposal writing, and preliminary
construction of the proposed custom sensors.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
After the completion of this course students will be able to:
Assessment Measures
Assessment measures may include evaluations of the following: research question chosen,
written and oral presentations of student sensor designs, level and quality of participation
in small groups working on each particular question, and quality of the preliminary
builds of the sensors.
Other Course Information
Review and Approval
September, 2018