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Average Course Rating

Scientific communication is crucial to encouraging engagement with the public and advancing science. This course is divided into two components, scientific communication and mentoring. The scientific communications part of the course consists of a research orientation session held at the beginning of the semester and an exit session held at the end of the semester. Students will learn the skills necessary to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broad non-science audience. The mentoring part of the course will consist of group discussions about topics related to career planning and life design. Students need to complete two semesters of Scientific Communication and Mentoring. Students are strongly encouraged to only take this course when they are either actively involved in research or have completed at least three credits of research. See Special Notes section for mandatory meeting days/times.