B. Sample Course Outline

1. Profile of research community (Ch.2, Activities 1-4)
2. Research portfolio (Ch.3, selected exercises)*
3. Conference presentation or poster (Ch.5, Activities 2-3 or 4-5)
4. Research proposal (Ch.6, Activity 6)
5. SOP (Ch 7, Activity 1)
6. Science article or oral presentation for general audience (Ch.8, Activity 4 or 5)

*In this course example, students compile a "research portfolio" in lieu of writing an original research report. (See notes in the Instructor's Manual on Chapter 3, Purpose and Scope.) See Assignments Requiring Data of this Instructor Resources for material pertaining to the problems that students encounter in writing the research report, as well as some suggestions for addressing these problems.