Undergraduate Oceanography Field Experience

要求提供资金以发展一门改进的以仪器为基础的海洋学本科实地课程。这是海洋学本科生的最后一门课程，旨在通过接触最先进的样本收集、分析和数据解释方法来补充他们的正式课堂培训。海洋学460是一门旨在培养海洋学研究技能的本科实地课程。课程活动包括建立科学实地实验的目标和计划，准备必要的设备，从海洋研究船上收集数据，以及数据分析和解释技术。科学成果以口头和书面两种形式呈现。在过去的五年中，我们本科专业的学生人数增加了25%以上，从而增加了对设备，教学人员和船舶时间的要求。这门课程也是跨学科的，需要现代化的设备来同时进行生物、化学、地质和海洋物理方面的项目，学生们在这些项目中互动并执行合作的实地项目。最先进的采样设备和分析仪器是至关重要的，使海洋460是一个有益的教育经验，为我们的本科生。附上的设备要求将极大地加强和改进这门不断扩大的课程，并为高年级学生提供更多的研究机会。

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.