Research Introduction for New PhD Students, 3 credits

RECOMMENDED PREREQUISITES

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will give new PhD students an introduction to PhD studies, information about administrative support and requirements, introduction to teaching, ethics, formulating goals, stress management and many other interesting topics.

LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR DOCTORAL DEGREE 

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COURSE CONTENTS

Critical thinking and presentation technique (Svante Axelsson)
Wikipedia as a tool for science outreach I (Olle Terenius)
Ethics (Iordanis Kavathatzopoulos)
Rights and Obligations (Tina Vrieler)
Structure of PhD studies (Jörgen Olsson)
IP and Innovation (Ingrid Ajaxon, Sara Petersson)
Library Services/Finding Scientific Literature (Lena Pavasson)
Science popularization possibilities (Maja Garde Lindholm)
What and who is SciLifeLab? (Alice Sollazzo)
Praktisk pedagogik (Jannika Andersson Chronholm)
Employment conditions (Lina Rosén, Martina Hasselgren)
Science vs Pseudoscience (Stephan Pomp)
How to formulate goals (Jöns Hilborn)
Towards less PhD-student stress (Venkata Mutta)
Life as a researcher (Helena Danielson)
Cemus Research Forum (CEFO) (Ryan Carolan, Björn Eriksson)
Wikipedia as a tool for science outreach II (Olle Terenius)
Stress management (Marike Boger)
Presentations  (Mattias Klintenberg)

INSTRUCTION

Föreläsningar, diskussioner, övningar

ASSESSMENT

80% närvaro, presentation

COURSE EXAMINER

Mattias Klintenberg, mattias@physics.uu.se

DEPARTMENT WITH MAIN RESPONSIBILITY

Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

CONTACT PERSON/S 

Mattias Klintenberg, mattias@physics.uu.se

APPLICATION

Submit the application for admission to: mattias@physics.uu.se
Submit the application not later than: Not later than course start