GEOL 4650 - Geologic Methods

• Students will be able to connect relevant field geology experience with academic knowledge from lab and classroom settings to facilitate the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of geological data using fundamental and advanced techniques.
• Students will be able to see and make connections across geologic disciplines, data types, and perspectives so that they can collect and analyze data using the scientific method relevant to basic or applied geological problems.
• Students will be able to adapt and apply skills, abilities, theories, or methodologies gained in one field location to a new location.
• Students will be able to complete a geologic analysis using verbal and visual representations of data and interpretations such as stratigraphic columns, facies diagrams, and geologic maps in ways that enhance meaning.
• Students will be able to demonstrate a developing sense of self as a professional and ethical geologist and build on prior experience to respond to new and challenging contexts in individual and group projects.
• Students will be able to critically state, describe, and consider a geologic issue or problem.
• Students will be able to use information from sources including novel field observations and published data with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a comprehensive analysis or synthesis in written reports and oral presentations.
• Students will be able to systematically and methodically analyze assumptions and carefully evaluate the relevance of contexts when presenting a geologic interpretation.
• Students will be able to state a specific hypothesis or geologic interpretation that is thoughtful, recognizes complexities, and acknowledges limitations.
• Students will be able to state conclusions and related outcomes (consequences and implications) of geological investigations logically and in a priority order.