Department of Biology and Marine Biology
Assessment for Biology and Marine Biology Graduate Program
Masters of Science Program in Marine Biology
Learning Objective #4: A graduate student should be able to write up his or her research in the
form of a manuscript for publication in a scientific journal.
Assessment #4: Thesis is successfully completed.
Form to be completed by Thesis Committee at end of the thesis defense. Please add comments on
back of form or extra sheet if you wish.
(1) The student’s thesis was written:
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Poorly Adequately Very well
(2) The student’s thesis demonstrated mastery of the research:
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Poor Adequate Well done
(3) Based upon its quality, the likelihood of the thesis being published is:
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Poor Likely Very likely