Syllabus: Winter 2008
Cognitive Science / Neurosciences / Pathology 241
Tuesdays, 9:00 – 11:50 a.m.
Cognitive Science Building Rm. 003

Instructor
Michael Kalichman, Ph.D.
Director, Research Ethics Program, 0612
kalichman@ucsd.edu

Course Web site
http://ethics.ucsd.edu/courses/survival

Who is the course for?
The course is open to all UCSD graduate students and postdocs. Although primarily intended for trainees in the experimental sciences, much of the material is relevant to other academic disciplines as well.

Course Objectives
The primary objective of this course is to provide graduate students and postdocs with ideas and resources for achieving academic and career goals. The ethics component of the course can be used to satisfy NIH and NSF requirements for instruction in the responsible conduct of research.

Course Format
Participants will interact through frequent discussions and assignments involving case studies and exercises. Each session will typically include some lecture, small group discussions, and assignments to be completed before the following session.

Credit and Grading
The following are all required to pass the course or to satisfy the NIH or NSF requirements for instruction in responsible conduct of research:

1. Participation: Attend and participate in all meetings of the course; complete all surveys and return by the assigned due dates.
   
2. Group Presentation: Collaborate with assigned or selected group members to choose among the available course topics; design, conduct, and analyze a survey of other course members; and present the results at the scheduled time.
   
3. Case and Analysis: Write one case and analysis, submit via the Web site, and be prepared to present at one of the scheduled times for ethics case presentations.

This course is not available for a letter grade. Graduate students may take this course for credit (P/F or S/U only). Postdoctoral researchers and others may audit the course; however, registration with the instructor is required:
   Course Registration Form