Week

Lecture 1

Lecture 2

Lab Th then M

1. W 8/25

Introduction

no lab

2. 8/30

Strong Inference

What is an inquiry?

Journals, Database Searches, Strong Inference, Termites

3. 9/6

no class (Labor Day)

Statistics

(no lab on M, but lab on Th 9/9)

Inquiry 1 Proposals due

4. 9/13

Statistics

Statistics

Statistics Practice

5. 9/20

Peer Review

Lab Safety and Inquiry 2

Inquiry 1 Presentations

6. 9/27

Ethics: Authorship
no class T 9/28

W Ethics Exercise
Th Authorship

Inquiry 2 Proposals

7. 10/4

The Art of Presenting

Ethics: Using Human Research Subjects

Ethics Discussion

8. 10/11

Writing

University Lecture Series

Peer Review

9. 10/18

Funding Research

Patents

Inquiry 2 Presentations

10. 10/25

University Research

(Who are all these people?)

My Job: W Dr. Mona Mehdy, Th TBA

Inquiry 3 Proposals

11. 11/1

Ethics: Animal Research

Ethics: Animal Research 2 and GM crop controversy

Ethics Discussion

12. 11/8

Holism vs Reductionism

My Job: W Dr. Stan Roux, Th Dr. Schonna Manning

Peer Review

13. 11/15

What is success?

What happens after graduation?

Inquiry 3 Presentations

14. 11/22

My Job: M TBA, T Dr. Jennifer Moon

no class (Thanksgiving)

Lab on M, but not Th (Thanksgiving)

15. 11/29

What is a scientific meeting?

Wrap-up

Group Experiment