EOSC 542 · Advanced Volcanology

Course Description

The course consists of seminars and an independent research project supplemented by access to the senior undergraduate volcanology lectures and field trips. The course exposes graduate students to the cutting edge questions in volcanology, provides an overview of scientific approaches used in volcanology, and allows the students to participate in that science via the class seminar

Learning Goals

The course consists of seminars and an independent research project supplemented by access to the senior undergraduate volcanology lectures and field trips. The goal of the course to is provide a vehicle for graduate students to be exposed to the cutting edge questions in volcanology, to gain an overview of scientific approaches used in volcanology, and to participate in that science via the class seminar and the independent research project. Graduate students do not require previous courses in volcanology to take EOS 542.

Instructors

Professor J.K. Russell

Course Content

The course is run in parallel with the senior undergraduate volcanology course (EOS420) and graduate students enrolled in EOS542 are permitted and encouraged to take those lectures. Graduate students are also permitted to join the 3 undergraduate field trips. However, EOS 542 (Graduate volcanology) comprises a separate set of activities including:

• Weekly seminar:  Each week every student will read a journal article and one student will present highlights of the paper (and perhaps other related papers) and will lead group discussion.  
• Research Project: Individual graduate students will develop a research project in the volcanological sciences. The aim is to do independent work on a topic of interest to you.  Topics must be approved by the instructor. The projects can be field-, experimental-, or computationally-based but must involve: a specific question or hypothesis, reproducible data or observations, and scientific analysis and interpretation of the data. The project requires a single-page project proposal and a final written paper (written in journal format) combined with an oral presentation.

Lecture Topics

See EOS 420 for lectures that are open to graduate students enrolled in EOS 542.