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Writing for the Natural Sciences / Biology is a research based, project-focused
course designed to address the needs of students doing research in the
natural sciences.
The course begins by covering many of the basic forms of professional
writing they will encounter in their careers (including abstracts, literature
surveys, research reports, and grant proposals) and then allows them
to develop an individual project involving research in their own area
of specialty, culminating in a project proposal or journal article (possibly
for publication in a journal for undergraduate science).
We assume that the students in the course are or will soon be engaged
in actual laboratory research in their field, and the course is designed
to support that work. Students currently engaged in research are urged
to consider writing a journal article; students not yet engaged in research
should write a research grant proposal.
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