Lectures (as PDF files) Not available outside CSU

Lecture 1 (25 January): Roles and responsibilities in academia / Intro to ethics

Lecture 2 (1 February): Data Acquisition, Retention, Ownership & Sharing

Lecture 3 (8 February): Lab notebooks and ethics case study (Jessica Banks case download here) (Reading: Bebeau download here)

Lecture 4 (15 February): Formulating and testing hypotheses (Reading: Valiela, Chs 1&2; Smith, Chs 5 & 7; Ch6 "Designing a Research Project" download here;CSU Library Guide download here) ...For 22 February, download and view series of articles on hurricane trends and hypothesis testing: get papers

Lecture 5 (22 February): Research Misconduct / Plagiarism (Reading: Smith, Ch 6; Valiela, Ch 11) Resources: Roig, Guide to Ethical Writing; article on duplicate grants; Nature article on past fraud cases; Nature article on plagiarism; Nature article on repairing research misconduct
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Lecture 6 (1 March): Reporting Misconduct / Responsible Authorship (No new reading this week) Resources: Self-Plagiarism Article

Lecture 7 (8 March): Publishing Your Work (materials are in Lecture 6 notes) Resources: Time Management Worksheet

Lecture 8 (15 March): Research with Human and Animal Subjects / Lab Safety (Reading: Smith, Ch 11)

Lecture 9 (29 March): Time Management

Lecture 10 (5 April): Resumes and Interviews / Guest Lecture by Judy Brobst, CSU Career Center
Resources: Judy's PPT / Linked-In Info / Resume Rubric / Sample Resume & cv / 2-page cv for NSF & DOE

Lecture 11 (12 April): Conflict Resolution / Guest Lecture by Melissa Emerson, CSU Conflict Resolution & Student Conduct Services
Resources: Melissa's PPT / Reframing Activities

Lecture 12 (19 April): Effective Tables, Figures, and Posters / Effective Presentations (Reading: Valiela, skim Chapters 7-10; article "Poster Perfect")
Resources: "Scientific Posters" presentation / AGU Student Presentation Judging Sheet

Lecture 13 (26 April): EffectivePresentations / Proposal & Prospectus Writing (To prepare: Your "Elevator Speech")
Resources: Proposal & Prospectus Tips

Lecture 14 (3 May): Financial Responsibility / Preparing and Administering Budgets (Reading: Valiela, Section 7.3; Smith, Chapter 12)
Resources: Budget Template

Lecture 15 (10 May): Writing Proposals & Managing Your Research (Reading: Valiela, Section 7.3; Smith, Chapter 12)

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