EB/ES 351 Requirements

1. Two, written, "take-home" exams, a mid-term and final. Each exam covers lecture and lab material for about half of the semester. Each exam is worth 25% of grade.

2. Lab exercises that involve GIS, aerial photography, remote sensing, GPS, and map interpretation. Exercises are due normally one week after the lab session; late labs may receive a grade penalty. No late exercises will be accepted after Thanksgiving. Labs are worth 20% of total grade.

3. Field trip to Ross Natural History Reservation. We will practice use of GPS equipment and map reading. Field trip is required and will take place on Saturday, October 18th. All students in eastern Kansas and western Missouri are expected to take part in the field trip. More distant students will make individual arrangements for an alternative experience. See course title image.

4. Group project: Students will voluntarily form small groups of 2-3 members. Membership should be interdisciplinary, if possible, in order to develop a project that involves some issue of resource conservation, management, exploration, basic mapping, or global change. Group projects will be developed in consultation with the instructors.

   Each group will give a formal project seminar near the end of the semester in the form of a poster, PowerPoint, PDF, or webpage presentation. Group project is 25% of total grade.

   Previous group projects online. Instructions for project webpages.

5. Class participation: On-campus students are expected to attend all scheduled sessions as well as the field trip. On-campus students are also expected to attend occasional earth science seminars during the semester. All students are also expected to communicate with the instructor via e-mail on a weekly basis concerning course material. Participation is worth 5% of grade.

6. The ESU student academic dishonesty policy is observed in this course. See ES 351 grading scale.

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ES 351 © J.S. Aber (2008).