Apr 03, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

GEO 496 - Research and Synthesize Scientific Literature in Geoscience


An introduction to writing a scientific literature review in the field of geosciences. Students will gain experience using scientific journal article databases, selecting relevant research articles from the peer-reviewed literature, and summarizing information effectively in written form. This course is to be taken in conjunction with any 300- or 400-level GEO course. Successful completion of this course satisfies the SBC: categories WRTD and ESI.

1 credit,

Prerequisite(s): permission of instructor and GEO 102  or GEO 122 

Corequisite(s): one 300- or 400-level GEO course

SBC: ESI, WRTD

Graded S/U grading