Undergraduate Programs
BCSC 207: Lecture Schedule
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Week
Date
Monday
Date
Wednesday
Notes and to do
Contact your mentor and pick a weekly meeting time
1
02/01
R: How to choose a
good research question;
Brainstorming
C: General plans for this semester, Poster presentations, Summer Internships
C: General plans for this semester, Poster presentations, Summer Internships
02/03
Present 3 research ideas
Converge on a project
with your mentor
2
02/08
C: Grant writing
How to make the
proposal presentation
02/10
C/R What's a good
abstract and peer review
2/10 1st and 2nd writing
assignment (abstract)
available
3
02/15
K: Writing workshop.
Writing a strong
abstract
02/17
Group 1 present project
hypothesis with
background research
2/18: 1st assignment
due (abstract)
by 2/21 midnight: comments back;
by 2/21 midnight: comments back;
4
02/22
Group 2 present
project hypothesis with
background research
02/24
Groups 3 present project
hypothesis with
background research
2/26 6pm: 2nd
assignment due (joint
abstract)
2/28: 3rd writing assignment available (review)
2/28: 3rd writing assignment available (review)
5
03/01
R: Peer review of
abstracts in class
No class
6
03/08
F: R/Matlab
03/10
F: R/Matlab
7
03/15
Progress update:
preliminary analyses
and graphs
03/17
Progress update:
preliminary analyses and
graphs
3/17: 4th writing assignment available
(Paper up to &
including methods)
8
03/22
C: How to make /
present a poster
03/24
F: R/Matlab
3/26: 4th assignment
de (paper up to &
including methods)
9
03/29
F: R/Matlab
03/31
F: R/Matlab
3/31: 5th writing
assignment available
(Results: analyses,
tables, figures)
10
04/05
Progress update:
preliminary analyses
and graphs
04/07
Progress update:
preliminary analyses and
graphs
11
04/12
Poster dry run
04/14
Poster dry run
UR EXPO on 4/16
(Fri, online)
12
04/19
Debriefing on the
EXPO (lessons,
insights)
04/21
How to write a paper
(jointly): tools, strategies,
citation management
4/23: 5th assignment
due (results)
13
04/26
TBD
04/28
Career Development
14
04/27
Preliminary Final
presentation
04/29
Preliminary Final
presentation
15
05/03
Final Project
Presentation
Submit all stimuli, code, data, slides
Submit all stimuli, code, data, slides
05/05
Final Project
Presentation
Submit all stimuli, code, data, slides
Submit all stimuli, code, data, slides
5/10: Final writing
assignment
(complete research
paper; group
authored)
Readings & Assignments
- 1/15 (Wed) How to choose a good scientific problem
- 1/27 (Mon) Statistics
- 1/29 (Wed) Replication crisis
- 2/12 (Wed) What makes for a good conference abstract?
- 2/26 (Wed) Bootstrapped confidence intervals
- 3/16 (Mon) – 3/18 (Wed) Statistics and graphs
- 3/25 (Wed) How to make a poster