Field Research Methods. Junior or senior standing. Basic elements of geographic field research performed in Radford area. Course focuses on tools in field analysis.
Students prepare single or group projects as indication of acquisition of logic of spatial analysis.
Required for the General, Technical, and Planning concentrations. This course provides an introduction to the concepts and methodologies of geographic field research. Introduction to aspects of empirical observation, sampling, and recording. This section includes methods of title research, interviewing, field mapping and field surveying techniques. Formulation of field problems by students under supervision of instructor.