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Being a Bioinformatics Grad Student


This is a required course for bioinformatics graduate students, offered only in Fall quarter. All bioinformatics grad students should take it in their first fall quarter. For more information about the bioinformatics degree programs, see the Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQ) page at http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/programs/bioinformatics/graduate/faq.html

Catalog Description

Basic teaching techniques for teaching assistants, including responsibilities and rights of teaching assistants, resource materials, computer security, leading discussion or lab sessions, presentation techniques, maintaining class records, electronic handling of homework, and grading.

The course examines research and professional training, including use of the library and on-line databases, technical typesetting, writing journal and conference papers, publishing in bioinformatics, giving talks in seminars and conferences, and ethical issues in science and engineering. Required for all teaching assistants.

Prerequisites

Only graduate students in bioinformatics are eligible to take this course,

Index of class resources

Class Information for Fall 2008
Class Information for Fall 2007
Class Information for Fall 2006
Class Information for Fall 2005
Class Information for Fall 2004
Class Information for Fall 2003



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Kevin Karplus
Biomolecular Engineering
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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