Course duration

This is a year long course. It commences in Semester 2, 2017 and completes in Semester 1, 2018.

Course description

BIOL6403 will introduce you to the broader scientific field of biology. You will read, discuss and present scientific knowledge outside the area of your research project. The course is run as a series of discussion groups.

A reading list is compiled by BIOL academics who select three papers on a theme in Biological Sciences for each session. You will attend and participate in four discussion groups over the course of the year. Course reading material will be available from the library (www.library.uq.edu.au course materials BIOL6403) as PDFs.

At the beginning of the course you will select one topic to examine in depth. You will be assigned one of the papers from that topic to present. At each session three Honours students each present a 15 min critique of their selected paper to the group and then lead a ~15 min discussion period.

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