Graduate-College-SLOs

Upon completion of the PhD degree program, students should be able to:

Conduct Research and Analyze Data (quantitative or qualitative). Professional-quality research often requires graduate-level training, most courses require students to conduct small-scale research projects in which they formulate a research question, collect data, analyze results, and draw conclusions.
Critically Evaluate Published Research. Graduates will be able to read and evaluate published research as it appears in academic journals and professional or policy publications.
Students will write papers and make oral presentations that build arguments and assess evidence in a clear and effective manner.
Coursework and learning experiences will require students to look beyond the surface of issues to consider the underlying social mechanisms that may be creating a situation, identify evidence that may adjudicate between alternate explanations for phenomena, and develop proposed policies or action plans informed by theory and data.
Students will develop enhanced skill in understanding group dynamics and be efficient in navigating projects with people from different backgrounds and who have perspectives different from their own.

Upon completion of the PhD program, students should be able to:

Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the individual disciplines and the interdisciplinary domain that informs their research. Upon completion of their degree, students are expected to be able to show this knowledge and expertise in writing and in professional discussions.
Demonstrate the ability to make an advanced argument reflecting a broad understanding of the interdisciplinary scholarly domain and an informed perspective on the dissertation topic.
Demonstrate the ability to propose new research directions and develop independent research resulting in original contribution to their interdisciplinary domain of study.