LA 228
Research in Environmental River Planning, Management and Restoration

This class is not being taught in Spring 2007.

Spring 2006

Instructor:
Matt Kondolf

Lecture (CCN: 48614) Th 5:30 – 7:30P 315C Wurster Hall
(Approx. every other week, exact dates TBA)

Units: 1

Offered most Fall and Spring terms, open to graduate students interested in the field with instructor permission. Must be taken on S/U basis, can be repeated for credit.

This course is a graduate seminar consisting of:
1) presentations by students of proposals, progress reports, and/or results of their independent thesis research projects, and
2) reviews of recently published research papers in the field.

Oral presentation skills are also critiqued.

Requirements:
1) A 15-minute presentation (accompanied by a one-page handout) of your independent research at whatever stage it is now in (initial exploration of ideas, fleshed-out proposal, progress report, or near-completed research) to get feedback.

2) Review recent issues of a specific journal for all papers relevant to environmental river planning, management, and restoration, prepare a 1-2 page annotated bibliography (full citations with annotations of methods and major findings), and present your review to the class. Discuss one or more papers of particular interest.