The broad goal of the MLML program is to provide students with all the necessary skills to be successful in marine science. This requires an understanding of the terminology, concepts, technology, and processes of each scientific discipline within marine science. It also includes an understanding of the scientific process and analytical tools that leads to discoveries, information, and interpretation, and how to communicate those findings to others.

Goal 1.

To increase the depth of understanding of selected topics in the marine sciences both broadly and specific to their specialty or field of study related to the graduate program.

Graduate students of this program should be able to:

Objective 1.1:

Use the terminology, published literature, and basic principles in marine science (e.g. oceanography and marine biology).

Objective 1.2:

Demonstrate knowledge of basic processes in marine science and ability to use concepts to construct hypotheses and predictions.

Objective 1.3:

Read primary literature in their field of study and understand concepts.

Goal 2.

Develop ideas and techniques for the critical analysis of scientific research performed by themselves and by others.

Graduate students of this program should be able to:

Objective 2.1:

Use the scientific method and determine whether themselves and others used it properly.

Objective 2.2:

Construct working hypotheses or questions that serve to guide their research.

Objective 2.3:

Design suitable field or laboratory tests of hypotheses or questions.

Objective 2.4:

Use and master instrumentation specific to field of study.

Objective 2.5:

To use analytical and statistical techniques to interpret data and test hypotheses.

Objective 2.6:

Create and interpret graphs and tables that reflect trends in data.

Objective 2.7:

Place their work within the larger context of their specific field of scientific study and clearly identify the implications of their research for that field.

Goal 3.

To help students develop effective oral and written communication skills. Graduate students of this program should be able to:

Objective 3.1:

Effectively present research results and conclusions in technical reports or papers in the scientific literature using an appropriate scientific writing style.

Objective 3.2:

Prepare and present oral or poster presentations at scientific meetings.

Objective 3.3:

Thoughtfully and thoroughly respond to questions during scientific presentations.

SLO to Course Map 2011 (doc)2011 (pdf)

Assessment Schedules:

2010-2015 schedule

Assessment Reports:

SLO 1 and 2: spring 2011

Thesis rubric sp10

Goal 1 SLO 1.1, 1.2 f09

Goal 2 SLO 2.1, 2.2 sp10

This page last updated 6/20/2011