Department of Biology and Marine Biology
Assessment for Biology and Marine Biology Graduate Program
PhD Marine Biology
Learning Outcome #1: A graduate student should be able to develop a research plan.
Assessment #1: Dissertation proposal is successfully completed and defended to student’s
committee.
Form to be filled out by the Dissertation Committee member after reviewing dissertation proposal.
Please add comments on back of form or extra sheet if you wish.
(1) The student’s dissertation proposal was written:
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(2) The student synthesized the literature:
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(3) The student’s proposed research projects were defined:
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(4) The methods that the student will employ suit the projects:
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