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Introduction to field research in geography. Practice skills including observation, posing questions, and collection and analysis of data. Focus on theory-based geographic study design, proposal development, and research critiques.
Oregon Coast – various locations near Florence and Newport
Cascade Range - HJ Andrews Forest (near Blue River)
High Desert - Bend
On-Campus Day: September 18, 2023
Camp Days: September 18-24, 2023
“The principal of training the geographer should come, whenever possible, by doing fieldwork.” -Carl Sauer, (1956:296) The Education of a Geographer
This course is designed to provide undergraduates with an introduction to field research question formulation and some of the different methods and approaches (ways of collecting and analyzing data) used in Geography to answer questions. Students will be encouraged to observe the world around them while identifying research questions and discovering ways to answer these questions. The overall objective of the course is to help students understand what theory based geographic data collection and research design involves, enabling them to assess the research of others and develop their own research proposals.
Course Fee = $314 plus some meals, plus tuition
Field gear, sleeping bag (complete GEOG 295 gear list)
Dr. Demian Hommel, hommeld@oregonstate.edu, 541-221-9290
TBA
Spring term 2023
“The principal of training the geographer should come, whenever possible, by doing fieldwork.” -Carl Sauer, (1956:296) The Education of a Geographer
This course is designed to provide undergraduates with an introduction to field research question formulation and some of the different methods and approaches (ways of collecting and analyzing data) used in Geography to answer questions. Students will be encouraged to observe the world around them while identifying research questions and discovering ways to answer these questions. The overall objective of the course is to help students understand what theory based geographic data collection and research design involves, enabling them to assess the research of others and develop their own research proposals.
Tuition and textbooks
TBA
Dr. Demian Hommel, hommeld@oregonstate.edu, 541-221-9290
Explore how geographers use field work to investigate landscapes such as mountains, forests, coasts, tundra and desert to understand how they were formed and explain how they have changed over time.
TBA
Spring term 2023
Three weekend field trips required, dates TBD
GEOG 295
Learn techniques for finding out how landscape processes impact humans and, in turn, how humans impact the environment around them. Apply geographic theories and concepts to synthesize, analyze and interpret the relationship between human communities and the environment through the planning and execution of field work.
$102 plus tuition
Field gear, sleeping bag (complete GEOG 495 gear list)
Aaron Wolf, aaron.wolf@oregonstate.edu, 541-737-2722
TBA
Fall 2023
GEOG 295
This course is designed as a capstone experience. The content of this course challenges you to utilize your geographic knowledge and geospatial skills and experience to design a program of primary geographic data collection and analyses that assesses an aspect of the relationship between the human and physical components of their local environment of your choosing.
By the end of GEOG 495, you will be able to:
Tuition
None
You should be prepared to visit your proposed field site and should therefore select a site that is readily accessible to you, or alternatively is well known to you.
Michael Harte, michael.harte@oregonstate.edu, 541-737-0452
