Research Progress Report. 1 Credit Hour

Catalog description

This course allows students to present a progress report on their research project in a formal setting. Students present a 50-minute seminar to members of the Molecular Immunology & Microbiology Discipline and the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics. Students are challenged to think independently and critically through practice of asking and answering critical questions as they organize their presentation, and they evaluate each other's research findings. This course serves as a mechanism for the students to develop and practice oral presentation skills in a friendly environment, learn to explain experimental rationale, scientific methods, results and their significance to colleagues. Research Progress Report (RPR) serves as a vehicle to encourage student productivity within the laboratory. The seminars are videotaped for review by the presenters.