Thorsten Becker - Associate Professor of Earth Sciences: Teaching

THORSTEN W. BECKER
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Southern California
Los Angeles

Teaching

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USC GEOL [305] [425] [440] [534] [540] [599] [609] [790]
other: [C] [UNIX/GMT] [SEATREE] [visuals] [PhD FAQ] [MYRES] [lab]

USC Earth Sciences Undergraduate Program

I am currently our department's undergraduate adviser. Please

check out our department's undergraduate opportunities for majors (BS and BA) and minors (Geohazards, Geobiology) and general SCEC internships (open to students from outside USC)
see a presentation on Earth Science Majors and Minors at USC if you haven't declared a major;
contact me if you are interested in thesis work in Geodynamics, or have general questions about our program.

USC catalog classes taught

305L Engineering Geology: S07, S09
- San Andreas Fault Field Trip, 2009
425 Quantitative methods in the Earth Sciences: F09 (syllabus, blackboard)
440 Geophysics: S05, S06
- Death Valley field work pictures (S05)
534 Lithospheric Deformation (Introductory Geodynamics): S06, F07, F09 (syllabus, blackboard)
540 Numerical Geodynamics (Advanced Geodynamics II): F05, F08.
599 Seminar on Strain-localization: F09 (syllabus, reading, other material).
599 Seminar on Plate tectonics over time: F06
599 Seminar on Deep Earth Dynamics (Advanced Geodynamics I): S09
609 Geophysics Seminar: F05, S06, F06, S07
790 Topics in Geodynamics: S05

UNIX, GMT, iGMT, C programming, and computing short courses

Short course on C programming: S09
Short course on UNIX and scientific computing (lecture 1 (UNIX): PDF, sxi; lecture 2 (scientific computing): PDF, sxi; lecture 3 (MATLAB): PDF, sxi; example program tar file)
Tutorial on using Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) and iGMT as a PDF file
iGMT GMT GUI/teaching tool

Undergraduate and graduate research opportunities

Please see the USC Geodynamics News Page for undergraduate and graduate study opportunities and how to get involved with research at USC Geodynamics.
Geosystems research and teaching at USC
Frequently asked questions about graduate study in the US

The Solid Earth Research and Teaching Environment (SEATREE)

We are developing a python-based, modular, graphical and script-driven interface to solid Earth geodynamics and seismology modeling tools, including GMT plotting interfaces. The goal is to provide easy but transparent access to research tools for teaching, and to facilitate interdisciplinary research. See the SEATREE project web page for the current release, including full access to our SVN sources.

Maps, movies and visualizations

USC Earth Sciences Applied Geophysics Instrument Pool

We maintain an Applied Geophysics Instrument Pool including GPS RTK gear, Trimble and Asktek GPS receivers, a hammer seismics system, magnetometers, and other survey instruments for teaching and research purposes.

Meeting of Young Researchers in the Earth Sciences (MYRES)

I used to be involved with getting the Meeting of Young Researchers in the Earth Sciences (MYRES) off the ground.

Updated: November 17, 2009. (thorstinski at gmail ~~dot~~ com)