GEOG 178
Conservation Geography Field and Professional Practices
Description: Fieldwork, eight hours; research group meeting, three hours; one-, three-, and four-day field trips. Limited to senior Geography and Geography/Environmental Studies majors. Enrollment by application. Field focus on California vegetation and its response to current and future climate change. Students learn to collect field data, and to conduct field vegetation research. Students learn to work as professional research consultants in teams, develop consulting research proposals, consultant assessment reports, and present those reports orally and in written format to clients. Field trips to Mojave Desert, Great Basin Desert, pinyon pine woodland, pine-fire forest, alpine treeline, White Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and coastal pine and redwood forests. P/NP or letter grading.
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Fall 2024 - An enjoyable and hands-on geography class that will let you visit many field sites in California with departmental support (all costs covered)!! We had two overnight and one-day trips, fun and packed with knowledge of Californian vegetation. I have gained so much appreciation for the topic that I barely had a chance to learn. Apart from mandatory field trips, we had another quarter-long project researching a particular species and the impacts of climate change. The group project consists of a presentation and a report. All the data from field collection also needed to be revised and calculated as a final group fieldwork report. I highly recommend that geography students apply for this class during the summer, which will consist of answering two short essay questions, a resume, and a transcript. As a geography student, I found it valuable to have direct fieldwork experience, especially for those interested in vegetation and environmental science.
Fall 2024 - An enjoyable and hands-on geography class that will let you visit many field sites in California with departmental support (all costs covered)!! We had two overnight and one-day trips, fun and packed with knowledge of Californian vegetation. I have gained so much appreciation for the topic that I barely had a chance to learn. Apart from mandatory field trips, we had another quarter-long project researching a particular species and the impacts of climate change. The group project consists of a presentation and a report. All the data from field collection also needed to be revised and calculated as a final group fieldwork report. I highly recommend that geography students apply for this class during the summer, which will consist of answering two short essay questions, a resume, and a transcript. As a geography student, I found it valuable to have direct fieldwork experience, especially for those interested in vegetation and environmental science.
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