PCOL305

040197

In this three-credit course required for the BSPS program, students will learn to read and interpret basic and clinical science papers and to write scientific manuscripts and research proposals. Emphasis will be placed on conveying the significance of research, outlining aims, and discussing results for scientific papers and grant proposals. Students will learn the traditional sections of a scientific paper (and why), how methods are used and presented, how results are communicated, and what a discussion contains (and does not). Best practices for figures and tables (data presentation) will be described and students will be shown how to craft an abstract from a work of literature. Next, students will learn what a research proposal contains (modeled after the R01) and how they are constructed. Students will also learn about peer-review and participate in drug information retrieval.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

WE - WEC (Writing Emphasis Course)

017756