Student Life & Events

The G.M. Dawson Club encompasses the undergraduate geosciences community (Geological Sciences and Geophysics students) in EOAS. We provide leadership and organization for industry and department subsidized events, as well as a focal point for social activities, field trips and sports events within the department. The club facilitates the undergraduate experience in EOAS by bringing undergraduates together with faculty and industry to prepare them for geoscience careers.

Facebook: @TheGmDawsonClub
Website: https://blogs.ubc.ca/dawsonclub/

ESSA is the student club representing the Environmental Sciences Program at UBC. We are here to create community, provide academic support, and promote community involvement and social networking opportunities within our program and in the professional world. If you’re an ENSC student or have an interest in environmental science, ESSA is a great way to connect with other students, get involved and create a unique undergrad experience.

Twitter: @ESSA_UBC
Website: https://essaubc.wixsite.com/essa

GeoRox is an undergraduate club representing all UBC Geological Engineering students. Our club is one of the oldest at UBC and was a founding program at the University. GeoRox is a very active student society, both within the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (EOAS) department and the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS). We proudly run annual events such as the Alumni Dinner, Distinguished Lecturer, Geotechnical Engineering Competition (GEC), and educational field trips. As a member of both the EUS and EOAS, GeoRox creates a diverse atmosphere for students to excel academically and socially.

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Website: http://blogs.ubc.ca/georox/

As oceanographers and ocean-loving students, we are passionate about the sea. As all oceanography degrees are Combined degrees with other departments, many students do not have opportunities to meet one another. We provide oceanography students with the opportunity to discuss common interests, receive support from peers, and connect to EOAS. In the next year we hope to host and participate in events such as shoreline cleanups, ocean-themed movie nights, UBC REC intramurals, and a "Meet-your-EOAS-profs" night!

Facebook: @ubcoceanography
Instagram: @ubcoceanographyclub

The Storm Club is the club for all things weather related- we welcome both Atmospheric Science students, and anyone who wants to learn more about the weather. The club holds weekly weather discussions, and informal weather briefings (in-depth forecasts) led by club members. Past field trips include tours of professional forecast centers (CTV, Environment Canada), and outdoor trips to experience weather first-hand (gliding, hiking, snow shoeing).

Website: https://blogs.ubc.ca/stormclub/

The UBC Society of Economic Geologists Student Chapter (UBC SEG) is open to UBC undergraduate and graduate students interested in economic geology. SEG aims to strengthen the link between the mining industry and students in economic geology, organize educational activities, technical short-courses and fieldtrips in BC and abroad, and student-industry networking events.

Contact:
Facebook: @UBCSEGStudentChapter
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8467159/

The EOAS Undergraduate Commons (Room 208 EOS Main) is a dedicated space for students within the department to study or to socialize. It is fully equipped with tables, whiteboards, a TV and a kitchenette. Our undergraduate clubs hold their meetings in clubrooms surrounding the Commons and many of our annual social events are held within the Commons. A meeting room off one side of the Commons (Room 208A, a.k.a. the "Fishbowl") is available for booking by undergraduates if they need space for activities including group project meetings, event planning, or practicing a presentation.

If you would like to reserve either the Commons (208) for an event, or the Fishbowl (208A) for a meeting, you must submit an online EOAS Student Space Room Request Form at least two weeks in advance.

  Goals:

• Student will be able to understand, evaluate, and synthesize relevant environmental information from a variety of quantitative and qualitative information sources and viewpoints and draw reasonable conclusions.
• apply a subset of the major technical tools used in environmental science.
• formulate and ask multiple relevant and testable research questions about the environment, and conduct an investigation designed to answer such questions.
• communicate a coherent synthesis and analysis of environmental information, orally, graphically, and in writing.
• effectively work on team projects, playing all possible roles within the team.
• acquire substantive knowledge in at least one area of environmental science.

Course content:

Students will work in interdisciplinary teams to undertake a collaborative research project spanning two terms. The project groups will be guided by the course instructors. Deliverables for the project are distributed over term 1 and term 2, and include the following milestones: development of group guidelines and thesis title, a thesis outline and work plan, an ethical review request, progress reports and a final project report.

*For more details about ENVR 400 · Research Project in Environmental Science, such as credits and course schedule, check out our Courses. 

  Goals:

• Student will be able to work effectively as a member of a small team and contribute to its positive growth.
• demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly, both orally and (especially) in writing;
• develop design solutions for complex, open‐ended geological engineering challenges using appropriate tools, techniques and resources

Course content:

Students will get an opportunity to undertake a complex, open‐ended, geological engineering design challenge, typically one based on an actual industry project, provided by a volunteer from industry (Project Sponsor). Students will be assigned to a small and diverse project team taking into consideration their interests, and work on a design project outside of class time. Classes are devoted to a variety of topics intended to polish students’ teamwork skills and prepare students’ careers as a Professional Engineer.

*For more details about ENVR 445 · Engineering Design Project, such as credits and course schedule, check out our Courses

The class is based around the idea of gathering and scientifically analyzing field data, and usually involves a field trip. In the past few years, we have spent a week at Bamfield Marine Station during the spring break. In the first three days, students will gain practical experience in field methods in the major branches of oceanography by carrying out field observations. They will then conduct their own research projects based on scientific questions they are interested in, which involve writing a research proposal, planning a field program, obtaining field data, analyzing the data, presenting results at a “conference”, and writing a journal-style article

*For more details about EOSC 473/573 · Methods in Oceanography, such as credits and course schedule, check out our Courses

 This course presents the unique opportunity for students to utilize all the geology skills they have been developing over the past 3 to 4 years in a real field setting. Students will head to the UBC Geological Field Station in Okanagan and gain a wonderful one-month field learning experience. They will practice an Integrated White Lake-Mt. Keogan mapping exercise, spanning from mapwork, cross-sections, compilations, structural analysis, traverse planning, to camping. By the end of the course, students will be able to enhance their professional skills, including conducting professional geological mapping with confidence and competence, integrating multiple scales and types of geological information in the production and interpretation of a geological map, and visualizing the 3D geometry of rocks in the Earth’s crust by combining various geological information. They will also be capable of working individually and in groups, applying multiple working hypotheses, dealing with scientific uncertainty to solve interdisciplinary problems, taking personal responsibility for safety practices in the field, and appreciating the critical role that geological mapping plays in allowing geoscientists to better understand how our planet functions.

*For more details about EOSC 328 · Field Geology, such as credits and course schedule, check out our Courses