COURSES :: ME120.754 :: research & thesis

Offered: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Quarters, Second Year
Instructors: Gary P. Lees, Associate Professor, Lead Instructor
Timothy H. Phelps, Associate Professor
David Rini, Associate Professor
Corinne Sandone, Associate Professor
Sarah Poynton, Associate Professor
Juan Garcia, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Fairman, Assistant Professor
Credits: 10 credit hours:
1st Quarter: 1 Lecture hour and 3 Studio hours per week
2nd Quarter: 3 Lecture hours and 24 Studio hours per week
3rd Quarter: 3 Lecture hours and 20 Studio hours per week

Original investigation with expository illustrations (includes 3-D instructional model, computer visualized images, animated sequence, or video) completed under a University approved faculty preceptor and department faculty advisor. All work complies with University research, publication, copyright, and patent policy.

COURSE objectives

Discuss accumulative literature relative to the thesis topic. Use cataloging and retrieval systems of a library as well as technical aids in bibliographic searches. Be able to test a model program or instructional sequence for its educational value. Produce a written thesis according to the prescribed University format, provide needed copies, produce accompanying documents; and deliver all by the final date set by the University. Select the most appropriate form(s) for illustrative components and prepare all visual material in accordance with its reproduction requirements.

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