BIOL 690Scientific Communication

The goal of the course is to introduce new graduate students in the Department of Biology to the skills that will be necessary for them to acquire and organize information, as well as to present/communicate that information effectively in both oral and written form. These skills will be developed through the preparation of a research proposal suitable for scholarship applications, a written reflection on a work from the non-scientific literature and a presentation relevant to the individual student’s thesis work. The use of peer review will also allow students to develop their analytical and critical appraisal skills.