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Lecture 1: STEM degree and scientific career

Learning Objectives of Lecture 1:

  1. Recognize the different sections of a scientific paper
  2. Identify the different types of scientific papers
  3. Understand the difference between textbooks and journals
  4. Understand the structure of a scientific paper and what information it contains

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Lecture 2: Communicating with Advisor

       Learning Objective of Lecture 2:

  1. Better understand the motivations of graduate advisors
  2. Differentiate the contributions of a MS thesis from those of a PhD dissertation (or also “thesis”)
  3. Understand the minimum expectations regarding the relationship between graduate students and advisors
  4. Realize that it is a human bond, before all
  5. Identify the typical characteristics of advisors and why these should matter to graduate students
  6. Define the roles of a Graduate (“Thesis”) Committee

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Lecture 3: Question drives research

      Learning Objective of Lecture 3:

  1. Understand the meaning of “research question”
  2. Differentiate between good and bad research questions
  3. Recognize the steps to build good research questions

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Lecture 4: Literature review to identify knowledge of gaps

      Learning Objective of Lecture 4:

  1. Understand the importance of the literature review
  2. Set automatic Google alerts to track newly published work
  3. Use UofM library resources to search bibliography
  4. Identify Mendeley as a key for bibliography review, sharing, and citations

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Lecture 5: How to read scientific papers

      Learning Objective of Lecture 5:

  1. Recognize the different sections of a scientific paper
  2. Identify the different types of scientific papers
  3. Understand the difference between textbooks and journals
  4. Understand the structure of a scientific paper and what information it contains

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Lecture 6: Effective communication

      Learning Objective of Lecture 6:

  1. Define what constitutes effective communication
  2. Understand how to adapt to their audience
  3. Identify and avoid sources of noise in communication
  4. Give examples of effective redundancy in communication
  5. Understand the difference between sequential chains and hierarchies (or trees) of items
  6. Explain the three central themes of an effective structure: balance levels and items, ease the navigation, and put the main message first

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Lecture 7: How to present results in a research poster

      Learning Objective of Lecture 7:

  1. Learn the top points for preparing a good poster
  2. Identify best software for drafting a poster
  3. Understand general layout of a poster
  4. Recognize good/bad posters in terms of colors, information and figures

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Lecture 8: How to give a good presentation

Learning Objectives of Lecture 8:

  1. Explain why we give/attend presentations and why it matters
  2. Describe the different types of (mostly) academic presentations
  3. Know the main rules for planning & preparing a good presentation
  4. Explain the structure of a good presentation
  5. Understand the important aspects of the delivery of a presentation

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Lecture 9: Intellectual Property

        Learning Objectives of Lecture 9

  1. Understand the benefits of registering Intellectual property
  2. Familiarize yourself with the different types of Intellectual Properties

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Lecture 10: Ethic in Academic Research: Introduction and Case-Studies

       Learning Objective of Lecture 10

  1. Understand why we need ethics in research
  2. Explain the most common cases of misconduct
  3. Identify the basic principles that need to be followed

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