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RenR 603 - Graduate Research Skills (Fall Terms)
Course Instructor: Dr. Andreas Hamann, GSB 739, 492-6429, andreas.hamann@ualberta.ca
Course Information: I no longer teach this course. For up-to-date information, check the departmental website.
Fall 2010 Class Schedule
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Date |
Lecturer | Topic | Reading Materials & Class Notes |
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Sep 14 |
Andreas Hamann | Welcome, Graduate Program, Supervision, Theses, Candidacies & Defenses | Syllabus:  Your Supervisor: Grad Handbook: |
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Sep 21 |
Ellen MacDonald | Scholarships and grants: What it takes to be successful | Slides:  |
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Sep 28 |
Scott Nielsen | A perspective on successful research: learning habits, anti-herding behaviours, and going beyond the null hypothesis | Slides/Reading: , |
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Oct 5 |
Glen Armstrong |
Presentation of quantitative
data |
Links: Tufte, JunkCharts (check the archives of the blog) |
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Oct 12 |
Alex Drummond | Organization and safety for field research | Slides: |
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Oct 19 |
Lee Foote | Public Speaking | Slides: |
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Oct 26 |
Lee Foote | Newspapers, television and radio interviews: dealing with the media | Slides: |
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Nov 2 |
Andreas Hamann | Communicating science: conferences, papers, posters, websites | Slides: |
Nov 9 |
Vic Lieffers | The publication process: dealing with editors, reviews and reviewers | Notes: |
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Nov 16 |
Rick Pelletier | Ethics Primer (Required
NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) |
No materials available |
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Nov 23 |
Andreas Hamann / Craig Wilkinson | Human ethics in research / Ethical use of animals in teaching and research (Required NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) | |
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Nov 30 |
[Final Exam on last day of seminar, ESB 2-36] |
Fall 2009 Class Schedule
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Date |
Lecturer | Topic | Reading Materials & Class Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Sep 8 |
Andreas Hamann | Introduction, welcome & thoughts on being a graduate researcher | Syllabus: Presentation #1: Writing guides: Link: Strong Inference |
Sep 15 |
Peter Blenis | Graduate Coordination, Supervision, Theses, Candidacies & Defenses | Reading Material #2: Grad Handbook: |
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Sep 22 |
Ellen MacDonald | Scholarships and grants: What it takes to be successful | Presentation #3: |
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Sep 29 |
Vic Adamowicz | Working in multi-disciplinary teams | Presentation #4: Reading Material #4: , Essay |
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Oct 6 |
Lee Foote | Public Speaking | Presentation #5: |
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Oct 13 |
Nadir Erbelgin | Communicating science at conferences: talks & posters | Presentation #6: |
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Oct 20 |
Vic Lieffers | The publication process: dealing with editors, reviews and reviewers | Presentation #7: |
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Oct 27 |
Lee Foote | Newspapers, television and radio interviews: dealing with the media | Presentation #8: |
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Nov 3 |
Glen Armstrong |
Presentation of quantitative
data |
Links: Tufte, JunkCharts (check the archives of the blog) |
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Nov 10 |
[Remembrance day, no classes] | ||
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Nov 17 |
Rick Pelletier | Ethics Primer (Required
NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) |
No materials available |
|
Nov 24 |
Andreas Hamann / Craig Wilkinson | Human ethics in research / Ethical use of animals in teaching and research (Required NSERC/SSHRC ethics training) | |
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Dec 1 |
[Final Exam on last day of classes, ESB 2-36] |