EESC5582 · Earth and Environmental Sciences
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
In this two-semester course sequence, students will be introduced to the process of conducting original scientific research. This includes exploring fundamentals of a natural system from reading the scientific literature, defining a problem, designing and executing an experiment, analysis, data interpretation, and presentation of results in written and oral formats. Students will work individually or in groups within a broader research project. Topics and field areas will vary from year to year depending on existing projects and expertise of the instructor. The EESC5582-5583 sequence fulfills the senior research experience requirement for Environmental Geoscience majors.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.5 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.5 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.5 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.4 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences
4.4 / 5
4.2 / 5
Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences
2.5 / 5
2.5 / 5
Assistant Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences
5.0 / 5
4.3 / 5
Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences
4.3 / 5
3.6 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Fall 2024
2 sectionsFall 2023
1 sectionFall 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 section