1 A minimum of 33 semester hours of work, including 27 semester hours of faculty-approved course work with an average grade of B (3.0) or above on all courses attempted. 2  Meet the research method/foreign language requirement.  Write an acceptable thesis or pass comprehensive exams (see handbook for details)
Platform framing is a method of construction used primarily in small structure applications, such as in the construction of houses or small apartment complexes and buildings. The name platform framing is derived from the manner in which the construction is undertaken. The process used is to build upward from the foundation, or platform.
A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonous calcareous deposits. Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms which induce carbonate precipitation through their metabolism. Therefore, carbonate platforms can not grow up everywhere: they are not present in places where limiting factors to the life of reef-building organisms exist. Such limiting factors are, among others: light