Each student will choose and conduct a quarter-long field project. Conducting this project will constitute the major focus of the course and students will be evaluated on the quality of their research and the final report. Weekly meetings will ensure that everyone is progressing well on their project and to aid them in the construction, implementation, written results, and final presentation of their project. The day on which we will meet is flexible from week to week and will be based on scheduling of in-class presentations, and in part on weather patterns.
Projects are to be written individually.
All group projects must have a component that is uniquely identifiable to a student and this component must be amenable to statistical analysis independent of the other work being conducted within the group. There is no required length of the report. In keeping with publication in scientific journals, clear and concise writing often results in brief but dense written reports. Students are expected to follow this format. We will read and discuss papers that demonstrate this format through the quarter.