Seminar I

Catalog description

This course is designed to enhance presentation, public speaking and scientific communication skills. Each Student is required to select, prepare, and deliver one journal club style seminar session. Students select a research topic pertinent to their chosen research area of interest. Course Director will assign a faculty or staff to mentor students as appropriate. Before delivering the seminar, the students will participate in peer review sessions where they will go over and critique each other’s seminars to aid in their development. Each research seminar presentation should include a brief review of the scientific background along with the significance of the study, discussion of methods used, data, results, potential alternative strategies and key conclusions. In addition to these, student are required to participate in at least five seminars from NYITCOM Speaker Series, invited lectures and Arkansas Biosciences Institute Research Seminars and provide a detailed summary of the seminars attended to receive appropriate credit.