BIOEE 7650 - Professional Development in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Fall or Spring. 1 credit (may be repeated for credit). S/U grades only.

Enrollment limited to: graduate students or permission of instructor.

A. Agrawal, M. Vitousek.

Group discussion on professional activities for academic ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Topics include: writing a CV, publication strategies, finding a postdoc, the tenure process, grant writing, manuscript reviews, networking, public speaking, and scientific collaboration.

Outcome 1: Evaluate factors that lead to success in academia that are not directly related to conducting research and teaching.

Outcome 2: Deliver critiques of oral or written presentations.

Outcome 3: Apply skills to improve written professional documents.