Welcome to Ross Clark's Biology Seminar Web Page!

BIO 490 (CRN 10235)

FALL 2008











What phylum does this organism belong to?

WEB ADDRESS FOR THIS CLASS

            http://www.people.eku.edu/clarkro/seminarhome.html


SYLLABUS

           Click here to go to the official syllabus for this class

ANNOUNCEMENTS  (please check this part of the class home page often)


                     Announcements below were posted on Thursday, Dec. 4.

Comments and grades for all remaining presentations are now available in the instructor's office.
No final grades have been calculated yet.

Thanks to all of you for making this seminar a successful, informative series.

Please accept my best wishes for your future activities!

                   -- RC

LINKS AND OTHER INFORMATION

Useful links and other information will be linked in this space.

 

          Schedule of seminar presentations  (new link, added 15 Sept.)
          
          Daily schedule for presentations (click on the link and print this out; time limits will be strictly observed)

                        It's important for you to keep this schedule in mind!

 

           Rating sheet for oral presentations.
                        This is the rating sheet to use for all presentations in this class. 

           Guidelines for Selecting a Presentation Topic

 

          Tips for effective presentations


WHY ARE YOU TAKING THIS CLASS?
The ability to gather, organize, and convey ideas orally, professionally, and persuasively is a critical skill for scientists and all other people.  How you "perform" in such a setting will give people lasting impressions about you, your employer, and your discipline.

The overall function of this class is to prepare you better for completing formal presentations successfully.  Even though it does not carry much credit, this class is very serious business.  This class tests different skills than you have learned in most other classes.  To do a time-limited oral presentation successfully, you have to  research and master a topic, gather and distill information, organize your information with imagination, and explain it logically and clearly to an audience.

Your ability to complete your oral presentation successfully will give everyone in the class a distinct impression of where you stand on the path toward becoming a true professional.  Also, as you pay close attention to others' presentations, you will pick up ideas for improving your own presentation skills.

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This page was last modified on Sept. 15, 2008.