伯克利加州大学地球与行星科学系本科教育现状研究

Undergraduate Education in Department of Earth and Planetary Science,University of California at Berkeley

本文详细介绍了笔者访问美国伯克利加州大学期间了解和感受到的该校地球与行星科学系本科教育体系及措施。使学生获取知识、培养学生定量分析和解决问题的能力、培养学生的沟通能力是该系本科教育的目的和要求,通过合理的课程设置和有效的主客观评价体系,该系在美国地球科学教育和研究领域长期处于领导地位。

This paper presents some knowledge and experience of the undergraduate education system and measures acquired during the visiting at Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley. The goal and requirement of the EPS BA degree is to enable students to acquire knowledge, quantitative/analytical problem solving skills and communication. The Department is the long-term leadership of education and research of earth Science in U.S. throughout a rational curriculum and monitor system.