Difference between revisions of "EEB graduate student orientation seminar"

From EEBedia
Jump to: navigation, search
(EEB XXX: [Course number TBD] NEW COURSE - IN DEVELOPMENT FOR FALL 2014)
(EEB XXX: [Course number TBD] NEW COURSE - IN DEVELOPMENT FOR FALL 2014)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
== EEB XXX: [Course number TBD] NEW COURSE - IN DEVELOPMENT FOR FALL 2014 ==
 
== EEB XXX: [Course number TBD] NEW COURSE - IN DEVELOPMENT FOR FALL 2014 ==
  
This 1 credit seminar course is intended to provide orientation information to incoming EEB graduate students; we strongly advise new students to take it.  The course will meet for about an hour a week, with different faculty talking about different
+
This 1 credit seminar course is intended to provide orientation information to incoming EEB graduate students; we strongly advise new students to take it.  The course will meet for about an hour a week, with 2-3 faculty present each week to discuss a given topic.  This is a new course and we seek input on what topics we should include. 
  
 
'''Meeting time:''' TBD, possibly Tuesdays 4-5   
 
'''Meeting time:''' TBD, possibly Tuesdays 4-5   

Revision as of 20:55, 12 July 2014

EEB XXX: [Course number TBD] NEW COURSE - IN DEVELOPMENT FOR FALL 2014

This 1 credit seminar course is intended to provide orientation information to incoming EEB graduate students; we strongly advise new students to take it. The course will meet for about an hour a week, with 2-3 faculty present each week to discuss a given topic. This is a new course and we seek input on what topics we should include.

Meeting time: TBD, possibly Tuesdays 4-5

Location: TBD

Course coordinators: Elizabeth Jockusch, Chris Elphick

Tentative syllabus (subject to change)

Date Presenters Topic Notes
Aug Elizabeth Jockusch University/department structure; Degree ontogenies
Sept Strategies for different career paths
Sept What is a dissertation/thesis
Sept Formulating good scientific questions
Sept Research ethics and compliance
How does research funding work
Oct How to fund your graduate work
Oct Communicating your work: how does publishing work
Oct Communicating your work: talks, conferences, and networking
Oct Communicating your work: web sites & social media
Nov Broader impacts and communication outside academia
Nov Teaching (how TA assignments work, etc.)
Nov Work-life balance
Nov THANKSGIVING BREAK
Dec Senior grads/postdocs What I wish I’d done differently Panel discussion