The instructor lectures on the importance and regulations of safety management in the university with special reference to the department class. Lectures on data analysis provide several useful statistical methods for Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Every student learns safety management necessary for studying at the university. Students learn fundamental knowledge and applications of the statistical treatment of scientific data in data analysis.
Safety management, Waste material, Data analysis, Statistical treatment
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
The instructor will explain many examples of safety management and data analysis, and each student can apply the knowledge to their studies at university.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Safety management: Introduction | Understanding objectives of the class. |
Class 2 | Safety management: Chemical reagents | Learning the dangers of chemical reagents |
Class 3 | Safety management: Risks in experimental studies | Learn safety management for field works, chemistry experiments, high pressure and temperatures, high voltage, etc. |
Class 4 | Safety management: How to treat waste materials | Learning the university regulations of waste materials and risk assessment. |
Class 5 | Data analysis: Normal distribution and Errors | Fundamental theory of normal distribution and error analysis. |
Class 6 | Data analysis: Error propagation and the least squares method | Fundamental theory of error propagation and application of the least squares fitting. |
Class 7 | Data analysis: Polynomial approximation and model selection | Fundamental theory and application of the polynomial approximation and selection of the optimal order. |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
No specific textbook.
Materials necessary for the class will be given.
The score is determined from several reports on subjects related to the lecture.
No requirements.
This lecture is for undergraduate students in Department of the Earth and Planetary Sciences.