NEEDS ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

Based on the data surveyed from a university, here are the top 10 basic needs of BS Geology Second Year Students.

1. Knowledgeable about the Field methods in Geology
The students’ need in the different field methods is highly needed especially in field works and project reports. It is also important to develop their skills in reading.

2. List the basic fundamentals of Structural Geology
Structural Geology is highly needed in engineering feats and projects, it is very important to know the basic fundamentals of it to fully understand what is the content all about.

3. Outline the geological evolution of an area
It is essential that students must not only focus on the future developments of an area but also to its past geological events. Past geological events resolve the issues facing by the future developments.

4. Scrutinize the Steno’s law
Scrutinizing the Steno’s law is very crucial in the issue that includes geomorphology, geophysics and geochemistry. The students’ knowledge must be augmented to fully understand the geological actions that include computations and reasoning.

5. Analyze the Law of Uniformitarianism
The law of Uniformitarianism along with Steno’s law is highly needed by the students because they need the wide reading about the law, the proponents of it and its legislature to the geological events and developments.

6. Explain the evidences in Polar magnetism
With the advent of climate change in our world nowadays, students’ interest about polar magnetism increases as one of the predictors of atmospheric and weathering change. Explanation about these phenomena is very crucial because geologist must not only good in writing geological reports but also able to address those issues in the real setting.



7. Discuss the Geomorphic processes
The students’ needs in discussing Geomorphic processes in valuable as key contributor to the plate tectonic movements and motion that causes sudden earthquakes and other landforms activity. The students must able to express and transmit ideas with clarity, formality and accurately as the academic setting is concern.

8. Verbalize the coastal and marine processes and landforms
It’s a challenge that the coastal and marine processes have also one of the contributors of geological movement and destruction. Students’ concern is highly needed especially our country is bounded with large oceans and seas. The need to verbalize processes and landforms will help them to fully utilize their knowledge in a real context.

9. Concentrate risk management and project planning
Developing the skills in risk managing and planning are also valuable as our country is subject to different geological movements and destruction. Therefore, the students must able to formulate risk and safety measures to avoid or to lessen destruction caused by geological phenomena.
10. Name the causes of plate motion
Naming the causes of plate motion is significantly one of the large parts that constitute Geology. Therefore, the students’ ability to name the motion under the earth will give a wide study on the causes that might also contributing factor that changes Geological landforms.