Research Skills
- Identify problems and needs
- Design and conduct surveys
- Analyze data
- Observe and evaluate
- Synthesize information
- Use variety of equipment or resources
- Understand where to find information
Unlimited research opportunities exist in virtually every major at Dickinson. For example:
- Students at the Anthropology Field School in Cameroon have research such topics as fishing practices and health care.
- Biology students conduct research which often culminates in presentations at professional societies.
- Environmental Science students are studying the Appalachian Trail
- Senior English majors write a comprehensive manuscript based on new research and discoveries in the field.
What Our Alumni Say…
- “In my field where physics and medicine converge, the liberal arts is the only way to prepare someone to contribute in a meaningful way.”
- Math & Physics major; University Professor
- “Introduction to Physics has been my most valuable course because of the hands-on experiments, the technical sense of the whole science, and the daily applicability of the information.”
- Latin major; Archaeologist