Academic program for a PhD1 student in the MESAS IGERT program
Year 1 (IGERT fellowship support)
- August preceding Fall semester
- Integrating Oceanographic, Ecological and Social Perspectives in Marine Ecosystems2 (3 cr) (new course)
- Fall semester
- Fall retreat
- Marine Ecosystems2 (3 cr) (MSL 652)
- Regional Sustainability2 (3 cr) (BIOL/ANTH/ECON/NRM 647)
- 3-4 credit course in statistical methods2
- Mentor Native/rural Alaskan undergraduate student (all year)
- Spring semester
- Innovative Approaches to Marine Ecosystems2 (1 cr) (new course)
- Traditional Ecological Knowledge2 (3 cr) (CCS 612)
- Arrange internship
- Summer
Year 2 (TA support3)
- Fall retreat
- Serve as teaching assistant3
- Classes at the discretion of the graduate committee, must include Innovative Approaches to Marine Ecosystems2 seminar
- Develop research plan and initiate dissertation research
- Invite and sponsor Invited Scholars
Year 3 (IGERT fellowship support)
- Fall retreat
- Classes at the discretion of the graduate committee, must include Innovative Approaches to Marine Ecosystems2 seminar
- Mentor Native/rural Alaskan undergraduate student
- Invite and sponsor Invited Scholars
- Conduct dissertation research
Years 4 and 5 (Fellowship, RA or TA support)
- Fall retreat
- Classes at the discretion of the graduate committee, must include Innovative Approaches to Marine Ecosystems2 seminar
- Mentor Native/rural Alaskan undergraduate student (encouraged but not required)
- Invite and sponsor Invited Scholars
- Conduct research and complete dissertation
1MS students may take MESAS courses as part of their degree program in a MESAS affiliated department.
2Required Courses. MESAS students are required to take these designated courses. Course requirements are designed so that they may be completed within a single year on campus (Juneau or Fairbanks) with participation in later years possible via distance delivery.
3One year support must be guaranteed by home department. TA could be replaced with RA or fellowship or other funding mutually agreeable to student, mentor, and MESAS.