FCH 797 (Spring 2012 - ONLY)

Graduate Seminar in Environmental Chemistry and Biochemistry

Schedule

TBA

Thoughts on Designing and Giving Good Presentations

How To Conquer Public Speaking Fear
Advice on Giving Scientific Talks - Follow this advice or fail!
If the Gettysburg address were done on Powerpoint... - Funny if you remember any of the original
YouTube video on bad Powerpoint - Hilarious
When not to use Powerpoint?
Edward Tufte - the guru of presenting information and designing graphics. Look at his books (available at Moon and at SU Libraries)!
How to Give a Talk
Some Lecturing Heuristics

Thoughts on Success in Graduate School

How to be a good graduate student - by Marie DesJardins at Indiana University
So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.! - Irreverent but good advice for prospective or novice graduate students in (computer) science
Intellectual Growth of Graduate Students - Some thoughts by T. S. Dibble
Books
Graduate research : a guide for students in the sciences - by Robert V. Smith. Location: Sci/Tech Lib Q180.55.M4 S58 1990. Look for the 1998 edition!
The Ph.D. process : a student's guide to graduate school in the sciences- by Dale F. Bloom, Location: Sci/Tech Lib Q181 .B5574 1998
....and many others!

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Last updated January 26, 2012 by T. Dibble.