Course Identification

The course is open only for PhD students nearing their final report and MSc students who are in their second year.

This course provides an opportunity for the participants to: A) submit and review proposals and make presentations as if they were doing so for a scientific conference.

Each week a student will give a 45 minute presentation of her/his research. Each presentation will be followed by a 45 minute Q & A session.

Each student must email their proposal to the instructor and all the course participants by the Monday prior to their presentation. The proposal must be 5 pages long, single spaced, Times New Roman font, including references, not including tables and figures which will come at the end of the proposal.

The non-presenting students will prepare a written review of the proposal and send them to the presenter and the instructor by the Thursday prior to the presentation. The critique should follow the JRST guidelines for reviewing a manuscript.

Upon successful completion of this course- students should be able to:

1. Summarize and present  his/her research in a manner that is understandable to other researchers
2. Evaluate other students' research as is done in peer review
3. Respond to evaluations of his/her research.