Research Skills, Information Literacy and Scientific Writing

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to library research skills, understand more about the structure and components of scientific documents and the skills needed to efficiently read scientific articles. These skills will be used to write and practice writing, review and critique scientific documents. Students will enter the class with a 1-2 page research plan approved by their advisor and use this information and the skills introduced in the class to create by the end of the semester a proposal describing their proposed research. For Masters students the proposal must be reviewed by their advisor and Graduate committee after the completion of the class. For PhD students, after approval by their advisor and graduate committee, the proposal can be used to fulfill the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering requirements for a dissertation prospectus as part of the application package for admission to candidacy. Students will also learn, review and create a high-quality scientific poster.