NTRES 4870

Undergraduate Research Methods

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Intended for students pursuing undergraduate research in the Research Honors Program. Topics emphasize organizing and writing scientific papers, including developing a thesis statement, reviewing pertinent literature, how to present results visually and as text, and interpreting results in the discussion. The editorial process for publishing papers will be presented. Also students will practice oral presentations of their research results.

When Offered Fall, spring.

Permission Note For seniors doing an Honors Research Project in Natural Resources or Science of Natural and Environmental Systems (SNES) or juniors considering the program.

• Students will read original, published research and discuss and debate the research design and presentation of the results. They practice critical thinking skills by learning to read the literature carefully and consciouslyand analyze the organization and structure of research paper, including how paragraphs are developed with individual sentences.
• Students will practice editing professional research papers.
• Students will compare and contrast ways to present research results, e.g., in the text, in figures, or in tables.
• Students will assemble their own research results and design and construct a poster or oral presentation.
• Students will evaluate, judge, and provide critical evaluation of professional posters and oral presentations.

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