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BIOL 5700 Communications Skills Hal Whitehead

BIOL 5700 Communications Skills Hal Whitehead. http://myweb.dal.ca/hwhitehe/BIOL4062/communcla_2008.htm. Purpose. To give you information about life as a graduate student and a practicing biologist. Tentative Timetable. 5 Sept: Introduction for new graduate students ( Paul Bentzen )

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BIOL 5700 Communications Skills Hal Whitehead

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  1. BIOL 5700Communications SkillsHal Whitehead http://myweb.dal.ca/hwhitehe/BIOL4062/communcla_2008.htm

  2. Purpose • To give you information about life as a graduate student and a practicing biologist

  3. Tentative Timetable • 5 Sept: Introduction for new graduate students (Paul Bentzen) • 12 Sept: • Communications class • Introduction to graduate programmes in Biology • Administrative arrangements • Getting help • Departmental tour

  4. Tentative Timetable • 19 Sept: • “Normal” progress for graduate students • ATC's (introduction) • Supervisors and supervision • Talking and lecturing • 26 Sept (Michelle Paon): • Orientation to the library's research resources • 3 Oct (Michelle Paon): • Workshop on RefWorks bibliographic management software

  5. Tentative Timetable • 10 Oct (Marty Leonard): • Writing scientific papers • 17 Oct: • Success as a graduate student and scientist • Student communication presentations • 4-min FISH talks • 24 Oct: • Getting money: research grant proposals • Student communication presentations • 4-min FISH talks

  6. Tentative Timetable • 31 Oct: Student communication presentations • 7 Nov: • Present research grant assessment evaluations • Student communication presentations • 14Nov: Present and discuss ethical scenarios • 21 Nov: Present and discuss ethical scenarios • 28 Nov (Richard Wassersug): • Presenting science to scientists and the public

  7. Choose one Tentative Timetable WINTER TERM • 16 Jan: The ATC exam • ~13 Feb: ATC practice • ~13 March: ATC practice • ~1 May: ATC practice

  8. Assignments 1. 4-min FISH talk 5% 2. Summary and evaluation 20% 3. Communication talk 15% 4. Research grant proposal 20% 5. Ethical issues 15% 6. Attend and evaluate seminars * 15% 7. ATC proposal presentation 10% 65% or more (plus complete assignment 6) to pass

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