Legacy Course Catalog
BIOL 662 - Seminar Methods And Professional Development I
| Effectivity: | 08/25/2008 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 1 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal |
| Short Title: | Sem Methods Prof Dev I |
| Description: | An introduction for incoming graduate students to methods of seminar presentation and critique and to various guidelines for professional development during their graduate school experience. Topics include research laboratory safety (REM), how to give a talk, acclimating to graduate studies (especially time management), how to select a major professor and an advisory committee, how to prepare for qualifying exams, Purdue University guidelines for responsible conduct of research, how to organize a poster presentation, how to negotiate with mentors, and expectations for success. The course also serves to socialize the incoming cohort of students among themselves and with more senior students in the broad range of research disciplines available. |
| School: | School Of Science |
| Department: | Biological Sciences |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
