BIOCHEMICAL COMMUNICATION

M&ENVTOX 801

Provides an overview of scientific communication; specifically, students will be exposed to the various methods of communicating their science including articles, proposals, presentations / lectures, and posters. Strategies will demonstrate best practices for each method and enable students to critically define what sets apart good examples from poor. Classroom discussions allow for comprehension of these means. Assignments are designed to familiarize the students with these methods. Students will have classroom instruction and the opportunity to learn from peer mentors as well as laboratory directors on different preferences and approaches to science communication.

BIOCHEM/CHEM 945

Presentations and discussions of recently published research in chemical biology and related areas.

LSC 270

Explores marketing, promotion, and strategic communication specific to the consumer marketplace. Analyze communication strategies for science products and industries synthesized from business goals and objectives to specific audiences. Coursework includes a variety of readings from a class textbook as well as peer-reviewed papers published in life science, marketing, communication, and general business journals.

BIOCHEM 551

Introduction to modern biochemical laboratory techniques and current biochemical literature. Includes student seminar presentations based upon scientific literature that parallels experiments performed in the lab.

ABT 710

Application and analysis of professional scientific communication, both written and oral. Focuses on designing documents that convey complex, data-rich technical and scientific content to audiences with diverse information needs using a variety of professional genres, including reports, proposals, presentations, and documentation.