Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
GEOG 4800 - Capstone Experience in Geography
Students apply and integrate knowledge and techniques from previous coursework to complete a comprehensive geographic research or applied project under the mentorship of geography faculty. Students review literature, set their work in context, investigate various approaches, collect and analyze data, and learn skills for professional presentation of their work.
Requisites: GEOG 4799 and GEOG Major and SR only
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing, Capstone: Capstone or Culminating Experience
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to apply geographic knowledge and skills to a contemporary research problem.
- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of research design by reviewing literature, developing geographical research questions, using appropriate research methods, conducting analysis of data, and communicating research results.
- Students will be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of research methodologies and the philosophies of science that underlie them.
- Students will be able to evaluate the relevance and ethical and scientific importance of their own research and that of others.
- Students will be able to critically evaluate recent research in the student’s sub-field and identify the implications for their own research and professional interests.
- Students will be able to describe emerging trends in the major sub-fields of academic Geography and their applications outside of academia.
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