Additional, more in-depth work for Field Hydrology (Geol 591 or Geog 591) is necessary to qualify for graduate credit. This may be fulfilled by choosing one of the following five options:

 

 

1. Thoroughly demonstrate and teach the use of a hydrological field technique that will not be covered during the regular part of our class. The faculty and other students in the course should finish with at least a nominal level of skill in the technique.

 

2. Apply Simon's *Bank Stability and Toe Erosion Model* to our Turtle River study site and explain the methods and results to the others in the class. (See the web page --

http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=5044  )

 

3. Develop a reasonably complete bibilography on stream assessment methods. Citations should be annotated and the methods critiqued. Scopus.com would provide a quick and convenient way to identify the references.

 

4. Using the data that we collect for Field Hydrology, along with some of your own, apply the appropriate spreadsheet tools developed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Ohio State University for managing and interpreting stream data. (See the webpage -- http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/soilandwater/water/streammorphology/default/tabid/9188/Default.aspx  )

 

5. Propose and have approved your own idea.

 

 

Please let us know before 1 October what you would like to do. You are welcome to work in pairs or groups, but if you do, then you will need to define carefully *who will do what* before you start.