Schedule

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

• Create a slide to introduce yourself, answer survey
• Read The Fear of Publicly Not Knowing
• Watch Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are
• Read What you should know about us (the instructors)

In class:

• Meet each other
• Discuss shared worries + implied assumptions about expectations
• What is research? What skills are necessary to do research? What is this seminar about? What is this seminar not about?

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

• Read the department webpage on the PhD Qualifying Course
• Peruse some of the faculty-listed papers

In class:

• Overview of Qualifying Course with Graduate Advisor Professor Daniel McDonald
• Q&A on QPs

Pre-class Work: (instructions on Canvas)

• Read TBD
• Summarize the paper, reflect on your strategy for reading the paper

In Class:

• Why think about self-regulated learning
• How to read a research paper
• Practice skimming papers: (don’t read before class!)
  • TBD
  • TBD

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)

Pre-class work: (instructions on Canvas)

In class:

Further reading (optional)