These pages contain information or discussions used by background pages or recommendations, and tools or resources created to support QuEST activities and subsequent work.
| No. | Appendix | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canvas-based recommendations | Blog pg. Discusses a Canvas-based resource for advising, career preparation & community-building. A prototype has been built and reviewed by some EOAS faculty (October 2023), but has yet to be considered seriously by the Department. (Sept. 2023) |
| 2 | QES course dependencies | Blog pg. Prerequisite and co-requisite dependencies among EOAS quantitative courses only (ATSC, EOSC, ENVR) are discussed and a few thoughts presented. |
| 3 | Priorities, summer 2020 | Blog pg. Summary of discussions among some EOAS faculty between May and Sept 2020 about the QuEST project’s scope and priorities. |
| 4 | Early concepts, tools & programs | Blog pg. Synthesized notes from deliberations about objectives, concepts and courses of the quantitative Earth sciences generally, based on discussions during summer 2020 and at Dep’t retreats of 2019 and 2020. |
| 5 | QES organizations | Blog pg. A page with pointers and references that showcase career options in geosciences in general and the quantitative geosciences in particular. (Aug. 2023) |
| 6 | GROW Site Map | Blog pg. The Geoscience Resources on Opportunities in the Workforce (GROW) resource was prepared in 2022 with funding from NSF. It is extensive and inspiring, hence the outline presented here as a potentially useful resource for students. |
| 7 | Activities for exploring career options | Blog pg. Two examples from two institutions of initiatives that have students discover and think about geoscience career options. (Jul. 2023) |
| 8 | AI and learning | Blog pg. A few preliminary thoughts about use and abuse of AI as part of learning and teaching. (Oct. 2023) |
| 9 | For Instructors | Blog pg. Key resources and guidelines related to undergraduate teaching and student support offered to instructors at start of term in late August, 2023. |
| 10 | Profile – FJ | Blog pg. An example of one way to profile alumni or other professionals. |
| 11 | EGBC registr’n; Courses checklist at EGBC. |
PDF; EOAS courses mapped onto the EGBC “self-check” requirements. (Aug. 2023) UPDATE – FEBRUARY 2024: The link new points to the list of courses accepted by EGBC for qualifying as a professional geophysicist in BC. |
| 12 | Advising tool for geophysics | PDF spreadsheet: Geophysics course list with columns to map curriculum against Faculty & EGBC requirements. (Aug. 2023) |
| 13 | Geophysics Scholarships | PDF; table of scholarships for geophysics students. (Preliminary, to be augmented, and other disciplines added). (Nov 2022) |
| 14 | EGBC registr’n; notes | PDF; notes on Geoscience Knowledge and Experiences (GKE) requirements for professional registration in Canada. (Aug 2022) |
| 15 | Capstone experiences; Advice Report |
PDF; a report summarizing the types, roles, benefits and keys to success by C. Hunter, CTLT Includes 18 references. (Aug 2022) |
| 16 | Math/Geoph career preparation Notes. |
PDF; Annotated bibliography about career Learning in Geophysics and Math Courses; an annotated bibliography prepared by K. Rawes (UBC’s Career Centre); augmented by F. Jones. |
| 17 | Interactive curriculum map web site | WebSite; Interactive graphic maps of QES course dependencies for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year courses, including reference to courses outside EOAS (several coupled web pages). |
| 18 | Curriculum map observations Report |
PDF; Observations and comments about QES course dependencies. (Nov. 2021) |
| 19 | Pre-requisite competencies webpage | WebSite; Expected capabilities by subject (not course) for each EOAS quantitative courses. Data file “AllPrereqs.xlsx”. |
See also the Data Sets and Reports and references pages.