Junior Year
November – Joint meeting with Junior & Seniors; Seniors present comps elevator talks; summer opportunities in Geology (NSF-REU, Keck, Research with Faculty, etc.)
February – Open house with majors: comps questions, registration questions
May – Junior Comps planning sheet due
- Usually the Friday of 7th week, after the spring departmental field trip (not a final comps proposal).
- Budget requests due on same date
Senior Year
Fall Term – Senior Comps Seminar. Weekly meetings on Thursdays, 8:30 to 10:00 am
- Covers proposal, making figures, references cited, literature review, etc.
September – Comps Proposal due third week of Fall term
October (when going to NZ) or January – Joint meeting with Junior & Seniors; Seniors present comps elevator talks
Winter Term – Senior Comps Seminar – Weekly Meetings on Fridays, 3:30 to 4:30 pm
- Guidelines for writing a comps paper
- Attend research talks given by visiting scientists
March – Papers due
- Last day of winter term classes by 5:00 pm in pdf format (see requirements for papers).
- Papers that miss this deadline cannot be considered for distinction
Spring Term – Senior Comps Seminar
- First week: How to give a comps talk
April – Comps talks are typically held all-day on second weekend Saturday.
- Poster due First Friday of Spring term (see Poster Advertising your talk)
- Final copies of papers due (see Presentation)
April – Comps Cleaning
- Clean out rock samples, lab glassware etc. from your comps work areas
- Talk to your adviser about what materials to leave with the department
Watch the Geo Calendar for actual dates.