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Ocean 220

Ocean 220. Instructors: Mark Warner Mitsuhiro Kawase Evan Solomon Rika Anderson Kathy Newell. Course Description.

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Ocean 220

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  1. Ocean 220 Instructors: Mark Warner Mitsuhiro Kawase Evan Solomon Rika Anderson Kathy Newell

  2. Course Description UW Course Catalog: “Design and conduct a field study in oceanography. Focuses on active learning, deployment of instruments, data collection, interpretation, and presentation.” OBJECTIVES You will perform independent research under the tutelage of an advisor. Oceanographic data will be collected, analyzed, and interpreted by the students. You will have the opportunities for to develop interpersonal skills and a sense of how individual research is conducted within a larger framework. You will participate in fieldwork on the R/V Barnes – all helping where necessary to produce a data set for all to use. You will write a final report, in the form of a journal article, that allows you to place your results in context with previous findings of the larger scientific community. You will need to develop your scientific writing skills and to be able to follow a style guide for a particular journal. You will present your research in a public venue – the Ocean 220 Symposium – at the end of the quarter.

  3. Course Schedule Weeks 1-3: Data exercises/Lectures Week 4: Fieldwork (April 20th – 24th) Week 5: Data analyses/ Library Orientation Weeks 5-10: Prepare Manuscript Week 10 or Finals Week: Ocean 220 Symposium

  4. FHL Objectives Introduction to sample collection and analyses Introduction to scientific writing Form a cohort Have fun!

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