BIO 5001 Graduate Seminar I
This seminar discusses scientific and professional knowledge for graduate students in the sciences. It includes methods of scientific presentation, scientific writing, critical thinking and logical organization for clarity and accuracy, and techniques of interpreting primary scientific literature. Students make and evaluate technical and scientific presentations with an emphasis on journal articles on current literature in their field of interest. Students also participate in presentations and discussion of major papers in their field with their peers. Seminars are taken in numeric sequence each semester of enrollment.