Field participation will be evaluated in terms of active presence, participation in discussions and exercises, and type and relevance of the questions asked by the participants. The third component of evaluation is the participation in evening discussions . The class will be divided in four groups, and each group will lead an evening discussion. Each discussion will deal with topics covered by the field visits of the previous days. The fourth component of evaluation is a field journal .
Every student has to maintain a field journal during field visits.
The participant has to write daily about all activities in the field of the day. The field journal includes a sequential brief summary of all activities and topics, critical discussions of these topics, and lessons learned from the field course. Every student has to submit the field journal on the morning of May 19, 2001. Hence, it will be hand written but writing should be readable, and students are advised not to use pencils.