Humboldt State University Master's Student Learning Outcomes
HSU graduates at the masters level will be able to:
elucidate the major theories, research methods and approaches to inquiry and/or schools of practice in the student's field of study; articulate their sources and illustrate both their application and their relationships to allied fields;
disaggregate, adapt, reformulate and employ principal ideas, techniques or methods at the forefront of their field of study in the context of a written product or project;
provide adequate evidence (through papers, projects, notebooks, computer files or catalogues) of contributing to, expanding, assessing, and/or refining knowledge within their field of study;
create sustained, coherent arguments or explanations and reflections on their work or that of collaborators (if applicable), to both general and specialized audiences;
apply the ethical framework(s) appropriate to their field of study; and
employ the tools, concepts, and methods appropriate to their inquiry in a project, paper or performance.