PHYS5001

Intro Resrch & Scintific Com I

Audit, Pass/Fail, Standard Letter

This course involves beginning graduate students in a modest project, usually related to ongoing research in the department, and provides a background in scientific communication. The research portion emphasizes independent work by the student, but is supervised by a faculty member. Possible projects include data analysis, software development, theoretical modeling, a literature survey, and design and/or construction of research or teaching equipment. The communication portion incorporates the research topic into several written and oral assignments, including conference abstracts, proposals, oral and poster presentations, and peer-reviewed research papers. Shares lecture with PHYS 4001 but is graded separately and additional graduate-level work is required.