Scientific Communication
REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS
- 2-minute talks (Date Due: April 16):
Guided preparation and presentation in class.
- Elective Assignment: Choose one of the following in an area of interest to you. Attend, critically evaluate, and return to class with your observations (Date Due: April 30):
- Science talk
- Job talk
- Undergrad teaching: identify an outstanding teacher based on teaching awards or suggestions from faculty in your Department or the staff of the Center for Teaching Development
- Concept Mapping, Rhetoric, and Communication (Date Due: May 7):
- Choose either an abstract (250 words or less) or talk (10-minutes) on your research, a recent publication of interest, or an area of research interest.
- Use concept mapping to plan content.
- Prepare 2 versions: (1) for a scientific audience of your choice and (2) for a lay audience of your choice.
- Identify and use selected techniques of rhetoric for your two versions.
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