SPEAKING OF SCIENCE   [Archived Catalog]
2018-2019 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
   

CLRES 2014 - SPEAKING OF SCIENCE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Students will learn strategies for giving presentations about science to both a scientific audience and a public audience. Topics covered will include (1) how to engage your audience, (2) the art of breaking down your message, (3) tips for how to make clear, interesting slides, and (4) pointers on presentation style. All audiences want to learn interesting new scientific information'and have it delivered as a good story in an understandable manner by a personable, easy to approach person. You want to emphasize your message, stay focused, and convey the importance of your message while being interesting, maintaining the attention of the audience and making the learning process enjoyable. Guest speakers will provide background information about various uses of scientific information in the public domain. Communication skills, including knowing your audience and why they are interested in the information you are speaking about, how to translate scientific jargon into understandable concepts for the public, and how to keep the audience engaged will be discussed. Pointers will be given on answering questions, being conversational, and conveying the `big picture'. Students will give a number of presentations in this course and learn to receive and give feedback effectively.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad Letter Grade


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