how undergraduates learn scientific writing skills, teaching scientific writing through hands-on laboratory activities
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scientific writing
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EBIO 3940 - Written Communication in the Sciences
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Spring 2025
Focuses upon written communication commonly practiced by scientists. Directs learning activities toward reporting and proposing research via the strategic use of typified genres, arguments, and visual representations. Prepares students for communication tasks within advanced study and science careers. Recommended prerequisite: Completion of two 2000-level classes and one 3000-level class in the student�s science major or minor (all minimum grade C-).
IPHY 1950 - Introduction to Scientific Writing in Integrative Physiology
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Gives students practical tools that they will need as majors in Integrative Physiology or other sciences: skills in finding, reading, and using professional scientific publications; understanding of the formats required by various scientific documents; practice in writing about science for different purposes and audiences; and tools for analyzing and developing their own writing processes.
IPHY 3700 - Scientific Writing in Integrative Physiology
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Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021
Takes a process-based approach to writing. Assignments and classroom experiences emphasize critical thinking, using scientific evidence and reasoning to construct original arguments, and applying conventions and problem-solving skills to craft successful documents. Recommended prerequisite: Statistics course (IPHY 3280 or EBIO 1010 or MATH 2510 or PSYC 2111 or SOCY 2061).
