ENSC 5530

Research Methods in Environmental Science

This course is the second in the three-course core required of all graduate ENSC students.  STAT 5135 must be complete as a prerequisite.  In ENSC 5530, each student prepares the research proposal for his/her project or thesis.  Course topics include literature searches, reviewing peer-reviewed literature, writing methods and protocols, human/animal subjects, expected results, timelines and budgets.  Students present their proposals in a public session at the end of the course.  Students must successfully complete ENSC 5530 before beginning research on their projects.

Enrollment in ENSC 5530 requires a research topic approved by the student's advisor and permission of the course instructor.  ENSC 5530 is taught on a rotating basis by most of the ENSC faculty and is offered every spring and fall term.   

ENSC 5530.01        Spring 2012 Syllabus 

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