GRAD 500 - Essentials of Graduate Study

3 Credit(s)

GRAD 500 prepares students with the skills required for competent performance in graduate education. It is foundational to students’ understandings of what an applied graduate degree involves. Students are exposed to the nature, benefits, and responsibilities of graduate work while becoming acquainted with university expectations for writing, critical thinking, and research procedures for applied investigations. The course orients new students to the use of the internet and electronic library databases available for research, and research and writing standards for graduate education. The course prepares students to become competent consumers of research as well as providing them with the necessary skills for producing applied research in professional settings. Students will engage multiple forms of applied writing. Students may not go beyond six hours in their program without completing this course successfully.

Prerequisite(s): ORGL 404/ORGL 504 or permission of program director.

Grading Method: Letter grade.

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GRAD 500 - Essentials of Graduate Study