Environmental Research Design

Catalog description

Introduction to the scientific method and the structure, techniques, and ethics of marine, environmental and earth sciences. This course is intended for students in the marine, environmental and earth sciences. Students evaluate issues critically; learn to transform scientific questions into testable hypotheses; communicate information using the language and concepts of science; and develop an understanding of bias and ethics in the practice of science. The methods, concepts, and conventions of science are used to design a research project that is fully developed in the form of a research proposal.