Integrate field, laboratory, computational, or comparative evidence
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences · Ecology, Climate & Environmental Systems
LES-490Earth-Life Systems Capstone
Guides an integrative biological, earth, environmental, or planetary research project with documented methods and a defensible output.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Manage a sustained scientific investigation
Evaluate uncertainty and alternative explanations
Produce and defend a scientific or applied output
Course content
Topics and questions
- Research design
- Methods validation
- Data analysis
- Scientific writing and visualization
- Defense and dissemination
Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- Project-specific field, laboratory, and computational tools
Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Proposal
- Research record
- Final report or product
- Oral defense
Program relationships
Where this course fits
Core
Environmental Systems & Earth Observation
Combines ecology, climate, earth science, remote sensing, environmental data, and field monitoring.
Core
Integrative Biosciences & Genomic Methods
Connects biological foundations to genetics, genomics, evolution, physiology, ecology, computation, and laboratory practice.
Course inquiry
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