Research Experience in Oceanography

In this capstone course for Oceanography majors, students carry out a senior research project in an area of interest within marine science. Students will participate in oceanographic field work on the R/V Kaholo, using a variety of instruments, and sampling devices. Students will the take the lead on a project of interest and develop a research plan to be carried out during the course. This investigation will include data and/or sample collection, data analyses, sythesizing the results within the context of the peer-reviewed literature, and communicating the finidings in a presentation and in writing.