Undergraduate Oceanography Field Experience

需要资金来开发改进的基于工具的 海洋学本科野外课程。 这是最后的 海洋学本科生参加的课程，旨在 补充他们的正式课堂培训，接触到 最先进的样品采集、分析和 数据解释 海洋学460是一门本科实地课程， 发展海洋学研究技能。 课程活动 包括制定目标和规划 科学实地实验，准备必要的设备， 从海洋研究船收集数据，以及 数据分析和解释技术。 科学成果 以口头和书面形式提出。 在过去的五年里，我们的学生人数 本科课程增加了25%以上， 增加对设备、教学、 人员和船的时间。 该课程也是跨学科的， 要求现代化设备的并行项目在生物， 海洋学的化学、地质和物理方面 学生们互动并执行一个合作的实地项目。 最先进的取样设备和分析 仪器设备是至关重要的，使海洋460 为我们的本科生提供有益的教育经验。 所附的设备要求将大大提高和 改善这一扩展课程，并提供更多的机会， 高年级学生的研究

Funds are requested to develop an improved instrument-based undergraduate field course in Oceanography. This is the final course taken by Oceanography undergraduates and is designed to complement their formal classroom training with an exposure to state-of-the-art methods for sample collection, analysis, and data interpretation. Oceanography 460 is an undergraduate field course designed to develop skills in oceanography research. Course activities include the establishment of objectives and the planning of a scientific field experiment, preparation of necessary equipment, collection of data from an oceanographic research vessel, and data analysis and interpretation techniques. Scientific results are presented both orally and in written form. Over the past five years, the numbers of students in our undergraduate program have increased by more than 25% thus increasing the requirements for equipment, instructional personnel, and ship time. The course is also interdisciplinary, demanding modern equipment for concurrent projects in biological, chemical, geological and physical aspects of oceanography in which students interact and execute a cooperative field program. State-of-the-art sampling equipment and analytical instrumentation are critically necessary to make OCEAN 460 a rewarding educational experience for our undergraduate students. This enclosed request for equipment would greatly enhance and improve this expanding course and provide more opportunities for upper division student research.