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Sep 04, 2024
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ENSC 397 - Advanced Field Experience Units: 2 Applied field based inquiry activities to develop advanced field skills, common to field research and professional activity in geology and the environmental sciences. Students spend extended periods in a natural, outdoor laboratory setting.
Prerequisites: GEOL/ENSC 297 and junior or senior standing. Repeatability: May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 6 units when the content varies. Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground. Grading: A-F grading only. Cross-listed: GEOL 397. Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to: - Consistently and accurately self-locate and navigate using topographic maps, a pocket transit compass, and advanced GPS methods
- Identify, interpret and characterize intermediate to complex geo-environmental systems, evaluate their origins and/or remediation Identify, measure and collect data from environmental systems using sophisticated geologic and environmental tools and methods
- Compile and construct syntheses based on field observations, data, subsequent analysis, and peer/group interaction.
- Exhibit competence in a field environment, an understanding of industry safety standards and an introduction to safe back-country field work.
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