PLHRT 9900 - Doctoral Dissertation Research

Fall, Spring. 1-15 credits, variable. S/U grades only.

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Dissertation research for Ph.D. candidates in the Graduate Field of Horticulture.

Outcome 1: Students will be able to develop original hypotheses based on a review of the existing literature.

Outcome 2: Students will be able to design experiments that can result in statistically valid hypothesis testing.

Outcome 3: Students will be able to analyze data to measure statistically valid trends and differences among treatments.

Outcome 4: Students will be able to draw conclusions from trends and patterns in the data.

Outcome 5: Students will be able to discuss how conclusions contribute to the body of knowledge on the research topic.