Overview
Description
Course used for graduate students to complete their dissertations.
Units
Independent Study1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- conduct an advanced, independent research project on a chosen topic.
- discuss research results in the context of the scientific literature.
- communicate and defend the results of the thesis [or dissertation] research in writing and in oral presentation.
- articulate and follow ethical principles in a scientific context, including professional standards of laboratory practice, the communication of literature research without plagiarism, the crediting of collaborators and standards for co-authorship, and principles of intellectual property.