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