Scientific Writing and Communication in Cell and Molecular Biology

This course is intended to train Biology students in scientific communication and critical analysis. Students will develop skills essential for careers based in biology: evaluating scientific and logical claims; critically assessing published literature; visualizing data effectively and compellingly; and communicating complex scientific topics, verbally and in writing, to broad audiences. In this class, through iterative writing assignments and hands-on data analysis and visualization, students will learn to think and communicate like scientists.