Students will go on a field excursion of three days and two nights in the middle of September to observe and learn volcanoes, active faults, and geological structures.
The objectives of this course are to experience and understand field experiments and observations and geological surveys that are useful in Earth and Space Sciences.
Students will visit large research facilities and museums concerning astronomy, seismology, and geology, and learn widely the Earth and Space Sciences.
Volcanoes, faults, fold structures, an astronomical observatory, seismology
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
This course involves a field excursion for three days in the middle of September.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Students who are going to take this course should attend an orientation meeting on April 13 (13:20-) or April 15 (15:05-) at Room 112 in the South Building 5. A capacity of this class is ~45. | Understand details of field excursion |
None required.
None required.
Students' course scores are based on reports and questions and answers in the class .
Students who are going to take this course should attend an orientation meeting on April 13 or 15 and field information session in May. (TIme and date of the information session will be announced later).
Students who cannot participate in neither orientation meeting, please contact Dr. Usui.
Observations are very important for Earth and Planetary Sciences.
This course will give you an opportunity to see volcanoes, active faults, and geological units, and to visit famous and large facilities on astronomy and seismology.