Professional Communication Development

Catalog description

(same as BIO_SC 8070 , MICROB 8070 ). The purpose of this course is to develop professional communication skills in students that are planning to attend graduate school or are in their first year of graduate training. Graded on A-F basis. Credit Hour : 1-2 Prerequisites: Graduate standing is required. Graduate students must be be enrolled in one of the PhD programs in the life sciences at MU and have completed less than 30 credit hours of graduate study at MU. Graduate students who participate in the IMSD T32 training program are required to take this class. IMSD T32 trainees are students who are enrolled in one of four PhD programs (Biochemistry, Biology, MPT or BBCE) and are from backgrounds that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. Other graduate students in their first year of graduate school will be allowed to take this class, with permission of the instructor