Seminar in the Sciences I. 1-

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This course focuses on research into the body of peer reviewed work in various scientific fields. Meeting once a week, students will learn to read, discuss, present, and summarize scientific papers in a journal club format. At the end of the course students will be able to find peer reviewed scientific papers in a variety of fields, critically read scientific papers, and summarize scientific findings from peer reviewed sources. Students be able to ask a scientific question in a specific discipline on the boundaries of current knowledge, research the known status of the question in the field, and summarize the scientific view of the question relative to the body of knowledge in the field. Students will learn to use multiple research databases from the library to include EBSCO, Google Subscriber, arxiv.org, to complete this literature search. By completion of the course series students will find a research mentor in their field of interest. Prerequisites: MAT 096 or higher, or placement into MAT 162 or higher, ENG 098 or higher or placement into ENG 101 .