GES 685 - Field Methods in Geography and Environmental Systems: Environmental Mapping of Local Landscapes

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Students in this course gain hands-on experience with field methods for landscape ecology, including sampling, mapping and spatial analysis of soils, vegetation, soil organisms, stream hydrology, and land use patterns in local landscapes using GIS, GPS, imagery, and other techniques. The class will meet one session each week and six full-day Saturday sessions: scheduling to be arranged. Students will work in teams and prepare final projects that will be presented as scientific posters and on the web. Students enrolling for graduate credit are required to design an original research project relating to their Thesis or Dissertation work.
Prerequisite: Prerequisites: GES 386 (GIS) , and at least one 300-level physical geography course, or permission of instructor.