Senior Environmental Geoscience Research Seminar I

In this two-semester course sequence, students will be introduced to the process of conducting original scientific research. This includes exploring fundamentals of a natural system from reading the scientific literature, defining a problem, designing and executing an experiment, analysis, data interpretation, and presentation of results in written and oral formats. Students will work individually or in groups within a broader research project. Topics and field areas will vary from year to year depending on existing projects and expertise of the instructor. The EESC5582-5583 sequence fulfills the senior research experience requirement for Environmental Geoscience majors.