Introduction: A colloquium course involves the exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants. Each semester, one or more Colloquium Course Modules are offered by faculty in the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Module topics are offered to respond to timely research topics in dendrochronology and related disciplines, and to address the needs of an ever-changing stream of graduate students. Students should express their desires for particular topics to their major professor and/or the LTRR Director.
Grading: Regular or alternative grades are awarded for this course: ABCDE. Note: Students are assigned a single 595E grade each semester they enroll in it, even if they signed up for more than one module that semester. (The semester grading for a student is worked out collaboratively by the professors who teach the relevant modules).
Each semester, the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research offers a variety of GEOS595E/WSM595E Course Modules under the title “Dendrochronology Colloquium.” Each student may take 1 to 9 units of 595E, distributed over the student’s entire academic program. Students will sign up for individual modules according to the Colloquium Number (CLQ#) assigned to the LTRR professor who is offering the module. The University schedule of classes lists all the numbers, and the course information on the LTRR web site has individual entries for each colloquium on offer.
For example, a student might take a 595E module on “Dendroecology” for 1 unit of credit, plus another module on “Synoptic Dendroclimatology” for 2 units in the same semester. Then in a subsequent semester, the same student might sign up for 1 unit of “Journal Club” and another module of “Isotope Dendroecology” for 2 units. The following year, the student might sign up for a 3-unit module on another topic. In this scenario the student will have taken a total of 9 units of 595E over several semesters, distributed over 5 different module courses.
