BIOL 5990 - Thesis

3-6 unit(s)

(Formerly Master’s Thesis) Preparation, completion, oral defense, and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master’s degree.

Prerequisites: Open only to graduate students with consent of student’s graduate adviser. (1.5 hours of supervision per week per student)

Course Learning Outcomes List
A student who successfully completes this course will have the knowledge and skill to:

1. Follow through with the many steps required to complete a significant academic product, including data collection, analysis and synthesis, and evaluation and organization of information from multiple sources;

2. Contribute to the knowledge base of the student’s area of interest;

3. Demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills, and values appropriate to their discipline;

4. Demonstrate the ability to be crative, analytical, and critical thinkers;

5. Demonstrate advanced oral and written communication skills, complemented, as appropriate to the discipline; and

6. Demonstrate the ability to access and analyze information from a myriad of primary, print, and technological sources.

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