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Current Literature in Biology

Course #: BIOL 653, Class #: 1121, Section #: 08

Description

A series of one-credit seminar courses focusing on subfields of environmental biology, to help students develop the habit of keeping up with recent developments through reading scientific journals. The seminars also provide a forum for oral presentations where students can get comment and critique on their scientific progress. Students must take a minimum of five seminars, for a total of five credits. This course is part of the required core in both the Environmental Sciences/Environmental Biology and MCOB PhD tracks.

Prerequisites

Graduate degree student in Biological sciences or permission.

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