BIO (0105) 627 - Essential Skills for Graduate Students
Credits: 3.00
Students will develop a number of career and research skills related to success in graduate school and beyond, including research and experimental design, the process of scientific publication, grant writing, and scientific communication.
Repeatable: No Grade Type: Regular
Course Learning Goals: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have two major course objectives: communications skills and professional development.
1. Communications Skills: Writing Papers and Grants and Presenting Findings
Students will:
- Explain current trends in academia in funding and publication
- Explain how to design and conduct a publishable research project
- Explain the requirements of modern project management and data analysis
- Explain common ethical violations in academia and publishing and their consequences
- Explain how to write a publishable thesis, scholarly paper, and/or conference abstract
- Design effective scientific figures
- Explain how research is presented in an academic setting (oral presentation and poster)
- Practice presenting a grant proposal
- Explain and critique scientific publishing and the process of peer review
- Write a grant proposal to obtain funding
2. Professional Development: Learning, Teaching, Applying for Further Education, Networking, and Getting a Job
Students will:
- Explain current trends in careers
- Manage expectations and plans in further graduate programs, or professional schools
- Meaningfully engage with scientists at conferences or through email
- Explain trends in pedagogy, including evidence-based teaching and active learning methods
- Explain the difference in content and style between a resume and a CV; evaluate the effectiveness of resumes and CVs
- Craft effective applications for jobs, further graduate programs, or professional schools
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