Environmental
Sciences Seminar II (ENSC 506, Fall 2010)
Instructor: Dr. Zhi-Qing
Lin
Office: 0328 Science Building
Phone: 618-650-2650
email: zhlin@siue.edu
Class Schedule: Thursdays,
5:30-6:20 pm, 2415 Peck Hall
Office Hours: By
appointment
Course Description:
One of the
most important aspects of environmental studies is to communicate your findings
of scientific research experiments or environmental analysis on current
environmental issues. In this course we will discuss and practice different
steps and approaches necessary for giving an effective oral or poster
presentation. Guest speakers and Faculty in the Environmental Sciences Program
will demonstrate how to formulate a scientific presentation, and students
registered in ENSC 506 will be required to give a 30-minute oral presentation
on their thesis or research paper topic. ENSC 506 is required to be taken
during or just prior to the semester of their thesis or paper defense.
Course Objectives:
1) to learn how to organize
materials for scientific oral presentations
2) to practice different technical skills
for giving an effective scientific presentation
3) to enhance our oral and written
communication ability
Grading System:
Each
oral presentation will be evaluated by your audience (both ENSC 505 and ENSC
506 students) and the instructors following your presentation (see Evaluation Form). You will be required to
meet with the instructor to review the evaluation materials during non-class
time.
Oral
presentation 85%
Attendance
& chairperson 15%
Course Attendance: Regular prompt attendance is
required for success in this course. Only the University approved absences will
be accepted for missing classes. If excessive absenteeism occurs, 10 points
will be deducted.
Guidelines for Presentation:
You
presentation may include the following components: 1) title, 2) introduction
(e.g., background information and questions that need to be addressed), 3)
methods and materials (if applicable), 4) analysis and interpretation of your
results (if applicable) or current available information or literature, 5)
discussion (e.g., your explanation, speculation, and future research needs), 6)
conclusion. In short, your presentation needs to be informative and presented
clearly in a logical way. Be creative!
Academic Misconduct:
"Acts
of academic misconduct for which students are subject to sanctions include,
without limitation, plagiarism, cheating, failure or refusal to follow clinical
practice standards, falsifying or manufacturing scientific or educational data
and/or representing manufactured data to be the result of scientific or
scholarly experiment or research, and soliciting, aiding, abetting, concealing,
or attempting such act. Plagiarism is defined as including, without limitation,
the act of representing the work of another as one's own. Plagiarism may
consist of copying, paraphrasing, or otherwise using the written, electronic,
or oral work of another without proper acknowledgement or consent of the source
or presenting oral, electronic, or written material prepared by another as
one's own. Plagiarism also includes using information from electronic
resources, including the Internet, without the use of proper citations."
(SIUE Student Academic Code)
In the
event of academic misconduct, the student is subject to a number of penalties,
including a failing grade for a plagiarized assignment or for a course.
Students with Disabilities
Students
with disabilities should visit the Disability Support Services (DDS) located in
the Student Success Center, Room 1270, at
their earliest convenience to meet the director and discuss available
services. The student with a documented
disability and a disability ID card from DSS should also notify the instructor
as soon as possible to make any necessary arrangements, including assistance in
emergency evacuation.
Course Schedule:
Week 1,
Aug. 26:
Introduction
to the seminar courses and seminar signup;
Lecture:
Preparing and presenting an oral and poster presentations
Week 2,
Sep. 2:
Lecture: Laboratory
safety training
Week 3,
Sep. 9:
Lecture: Guest
speaker(s)
Week 4,
Sep. 16: ENSC 505 students 1 and 2
Week 5,
Sep. 23: ENSC 505 students 3 and 4
Week 6,
Sep. 30: ENSC 505 students 5 and 6
Week 7,
Oct. 7: ENSC 505 students 7 and 8
Week 8,
Oct. 14: ENSC 505 students 9 and 10
Week 9,
Oct. 21: ENSC 505 students 11 and 12
Week 10,
Oct. 28: ENSC 505 students 13 and 14
Week 11,
Nov. 4: ENSC 505 students 15 and ENSC 506 student 1
Week 12,
Nov. 11: ENSC 505 student 16 and ENSC 506 student 2
Week 13, Nov. 19: ENSC 505 student 17 and ENSC 506
student 3
Week 14, Nov.25:
No Class
(Thanksgiving Break)
Week 15,
Dec. 2: ENSC 505 student 18 and ENSC 506 student 4
Week 16,
Dec. 9:
Poster
presentations by students in ENSC 505 (Poster
preparation using PowerPoint; poster
evaluation form)