Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduate Geology Majors

这个项目将为8名地质学专业的本科生提供一个暑假的研究经验。在参与者中，两到四名学生和一到三名教师将来自弗曼以外的学校。这些外部参与者将从隶属于弗曼是其成员的两个财团的学校的地质学项目中抽取。这些学校包括米尔萨普斯学院、百年学院、南方大学、伍斯特学院、奥伯林学院、丹尼森大学和俄亥俄卫斯理大学。参与的教师将与一到两名学生一起指导他们进行为期10周的研究工作。随着暑假的进行，学生将被鼓励变得越来越独立。每一项努力的目标都是产生有效的、可验证的结果，这些结果将对地质学的知识体系作出贡献，并能以发表论文或期刊文章的形式呈现给科学界。该项目的总体目标是教育学生了解研究的过程，并向他灌输对他的领域的兴奋，这将鼓励他继续读研究生。

This project will provide a summer's research experience for eight undergraduate geology majors. Of the participants, two to four of the students and one to three of the faculty involved, will be from schools other than Furman. These outside participants will be drawn from the geology programs of schools that belong to two consortia of which Furman is a member. These schools include Millsaps College, Centenary College, The University of the South, The College of Wooster, Oberlin College, Denison University, and Ohio Wesleyan University. Faculty involved will work with one or two students to direct them in a 10-week research effort. As the summer progresses, the student will be encouraged to become increasingly more independent. The goal of each effort will be to produce valid verifiable results that will contribute to the body of knowledge in geology and that can be presented to the scientific community in the form of a presented paper or journal article. The overall goal of the program will be educating the student to understand the process of research and instilling in him an excitement about his field that will encourage him to continue on to graduate school.