Seminar in Research Analysis and Communication in Forest Ecology

Graduate / Professional

A seminar for students in their second year working on research projects. Students start by working through the peer-review publication process. They identify the scope and scale of the appropriate journal for their work. They then work on their projects, which comprise data and projects in applied forest ecology. Discussions involve rationale and hypothesis testing for a project, data analysis techniques, and reporting and interpretation of results. It is expected that manuscripts developed in the course are worthy of publication and that oral presentations are of a caliber for subject-area conferences and meetings. Students are expected to present at a conference and at YSE Research day. Extensive training in writing and presenting work is provided. This course qualifies for project work for the M.E.Sc./M.F.S. and as the capstone for the M.F. degree Prerequisite: ENV 659 or permission of the instructor. 3 Course cr HTBA