Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form

Graduate Curriculum Committee

Course Proposal Form for

Courses Numbered 5000 and Higher

Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.

1. Course Prefix and Number: 2. Date:

3. Requested Action (check only one box):

X / New Course
Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from / # / to / #

4. Justification (assessment or accreditation based) for new course or course revision or course renumbering:

An assessment by the Maritime Studies and Coastal Resources Management faculty based on an examination of trends in published literature and discussions with alumni currently working in the field determined that a course is needed for the Maritime Studies MA and Coastal Resources Management Ph.D. programs concentrating on the advanced methodologies and technologies being used within maritime archaeology.
The need for such a course comes out of two requirements.. First, there is a need to allow students to develop and expand upon basic field methods in the existing course HIST 6820: Research Methods in Nautical Archaeology that can be facilitated by removing methods requiring high technology. Second, there is a need to develop a separate course building upon the foundation set in HIST 6820 that concentrates on the high-technology methods related to deep water archaeology, and advanced survey techniques that are being increasingly used in underwater archaeology. This includes remote sensing, advanced diver recording methods, as well as advanced post-field data processing. Such skills are currently crucial features for the placement of maritime archaeologists in the workplace.. This class has been run twice (fall 2005 and 2006) under the HIST 5005 (history special topics) designation. In these years, enrolment was four and five (respectively). Same as MAST 6835.

5. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:

HIST 6835. Advanced Methods for Maritime Archaeology (3) Same as MAST 6835 P: HIST 6820; Cconsent of instructor. A detailed introduction to the high-tech field equipment and software currently employed in maritime archaeology.

6. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:

N/A

7. Graduate Catalog Page Number from current Graduate catalog:

57 & 9669 and 110


Course Credit:

Lecture Hours / 3 / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
Lab / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Studio / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Practicum / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Internship / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
Total Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
7

9. Anticipated annual student enrollment:

10. Affected Degrees or Academic Programs:

Degree(s)/Course(s) / Current
Catalog Page / Changes in Degree Hours
MA in Maritime Studies / 10692-97 / None
PhD in Coastal Resources Management / 6856-57 / None

11. Overlapping or Duplication with Affected Units or Programs:

X / Not Applicable
Notification & response from affected units is attached

12. Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting teacher education programs):

X / Not Applicable
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.

13.  Statements of Support:

a. Staff

X / Current staff is adequate
Additional Staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):


b. Facilities

X / Current facilities are adequate
Additional Facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):

c. Library

X / Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):

d. Computer resources

X / Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
X / ITCS Resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached

14.  Course information: see Instructions for Completing the Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for more detail

a.  TEXTBOOK(S): author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country

Babits, L.E., and H. Van Tilburg, (eds.). (1998). Maritime Archaeology: A Reader of Substantive and Theoretical Contributions. New York: Plenum Press.

Akal, Tuncay, Robert D. Ballard and George F. Bass, (eds.). (2004). The Application of Recent Advances in Underwater Detection and Survey Techniques to Underwater Archaeology. Turkey: Uluburun Publishing.

b.  Course objectives student–centered behavioral objectives for the course –

Students should be able to:

·  Identify and interpret remote sensing data related to cultural resources;

·  Be proficient in the use of the tools involved in advanced and deep water archaeological projects;

·  Critique archaeological methodologies involving complicated technologies;

·  Construct detailed methodologies to carry out archaeological research;

·  Utilize aforementioned data, tools and techniques to aid and augment archaeological project findings and publication appropriately.

c.  A course content outline

1) Introduction to HIST 6835

2) Remote Sensing in Archaeology: History and Application; Remote Sensing in Maritime Archaeology: History and Application

3) Navigation Software & Hypack Max principles;

4) Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Principles; GIS Case Studies

5) Database Design Principles; Database Case Studies

6) Magnetometer Principles; Magnetometer Case Studies

7) Side Scan Sonar Principles; Side Scan Sonar Case Studies

8) Remotely Operated Vehicles and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: Principles

9) Field Week

10) Sub-Bottom Profiler Principles; Sub Bottom Profiler Case Studies

11) Micro-bathymetry

12) Data Analysis, Interpretation, Presentation & Integration

13) Computer Aided Design (CAD) & Vector Mapping; Photogrammetry Principles & Case Studies

14) Nick Rule’s Web for Windows, and Sonardyne’s Site Recorder Software

15) Acoustic Positioning & Survey

d.  A list of course assignments and weighting of each assignment and the grading/evaluation system for determining a grade.

Course Requirements & Grading: Grades for the course will be based on the following:

1.  Participation: 10%

2.  Written Assessment (minimum 38 pages): 60%

3.  Presentations: 10%

4.  Examination: 20%

Participation (10%)

Class Participation: Class participation is crucial for the success of seminar style classes, and is especially important in a class with theoretical or technical content. Students are expected to have read all readings assigned to them and to come to class prepared to discuss readings. One way to ensure participation is to come to class with a prepared set of questions relating to the readings that may trigger discussion. (5%)

Field Assessment: Students will be expected to participate in all aspects of the field week, and will be assessed according to the quantity and quality of their input, assistance and leadership skills. This includes attention to processing of remote sensing data, boat launching and handling, retrieval and operation, and helping other students and personnel carry out activities with efficiency, and in a thorough manner. (5%)

Written Assessment (60%)

New Technologies Report: In conjunction with the professor, the student shall choose an area of emerging technology (or technologies (hardware or software) and write a report giving the background to the emerging technology, the principles of its operation, its current use, how it relates to other technologies currently being used, and any potential future archaeological applications. Results will be presented in class. 10 pages minimum (excluding images and reference list). (20%).

Field Report: The student will be assigned one of the areas of fieldwork from the semester (side-scan sonar, multi-beam sonar and/or sub-bottom profiling, magnetometry, advanced underwater survey & underwater metal detection, advanced terrestrial survey, and differential GPS and mapping/GIS). Students will have to write a report on the activities they were assigned. The report must include introduction, methods, results, discussion and conclusion. The report requires a detailed explanation of the workings of the hardware/software used, as well as information pertaining to the processing of data for final results. 20 pages minimum (excluding images and reference list). (30%).

Photogrammetric Model and Report: On a complex object of your choosing (terrestrial or submerged, in consultation with the professor), each student will create a three-dimensional photogrammetric model. Results will be presented to the class. 8 pages minimum (excluding images and reference list). (10%)

Presentations (10%)

New Technologies Presentation: 20 minute Powerpoint presentation. Presentation of results from research attached to the new technologies research. (10%).

Examination (20%)

Written Examination: Final examination relating to definitions and principles taught in HIST 6835. (20%).

GRADING SCALE

A: 93-100%

B: 86-92%

C: 76-85%

F: 0-75%

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