EES491A Capstone: Environ Study 1
Lead Faculty: Dr. Michael R. Maxwell
Course Description
Seminar classes analyze different approaches, modes of inquiry, and methodologies associated with environmental issues. Students select a topic for further original research, producing a "capstone" paper based on a field-based or agency-based project.
Learning Outcomes
- Engage in appropriate in-depth research and analysis of a specific topic, and craft a coherent, complex argument that addressed interdisciplinary connections and counterarguments.
- Discuss effectively primary and secondary texts with particular attention to disciplinary modes of inquires methods and research.
- Conduct an original field and/or agency-based scientific research project on a selected environmental issue/problem.
- Synthesize material and information from a variety of sources and demonstrate this ability in an oral, written, and visual form.
- Write a comparative research essay (seminar paper) that identifies and analyzes the similarities and differences between research results derived from the capstone project and those from primary source journals.
- Edit, peer-edit, and re-write course papers competently.
