ADVANCED SEMINAR

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Use mind mapping to create a hierarchal structure to contextualize the projects/aims in your thesis research and design an effective scientific presentation. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply concepts for effective data display and presentation to create and give a clear and well-organized research seminar presentation. Audience: Graduate 3. Prepare a graphical abstract that effectively communicates the significance, design, and take-home message of your study or proposed work. Audience: Graduate 4. List 3 best practices for delivering an effective scientific presentation based on your peer evaluations of presentations delivered by classmates this semester. Audience: Graduate 5. State 3 things that you do not want to do when giving a talk, based on your experience giving a presentation and your observations of the presentations by others. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Use mind mapping to create a hierarchal structure to contextualize the projects/aims in your thesis research and design an effective scientific presentation. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply concepts for effective data display and presentation to create and give a clear and well-organized research seminar presentation. Audience: Graduate 3. Prepare a graphical abstract that effectively communicates the significance, design, and take-home message of your study or proposed work. Audience: Graduate 4. List 3 best practices for delivering an effective scientific presentation based on your peer evaluations of presentations delivered by classmates this semester. Audience: Graduate 5. State 3 things that you do not want to do when giving a talk, based on your experience giving a presentation and your observations of the presentations by others. Audience: Graduate