Develops oral communication skills of advanced ESL students for academic formal presentations and informal discussion. Builds confidence and improves intelligibility through focus on English sounds, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Provides guidance and feedback for the attainment of an expert level of second language speaking and listening proficiency.

This course is focused on creating written products that are discipline specific and based on original research. Students will read and analyze research papers within their fields; practice writing abstracts, various sections of research reports, and posters for presentations, as well as other products. The course will consist of tasks associated with the academic writing process, and throughout, there will be an emphasis on the conventions of academic written English, including grammatical concepts, vocabulary and highly frequent collocations.

Develops oral communication skills of advanced ESL students for academic formal presentations and informal discussion. Builds confidence and improves intelligibility through focus on English sounds, rhythm, stress, and intonation. Provides guidance and feedback for the attainment of an expert level of second language speaking and listening proficiency.

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Scientific research is fascinating. This course is designed to introduce you to ethical issues in conducting research involving human subjects and to explore the historic exploitation of marginalized populations. We will read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks which tells the true story of Lacks, an African American tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without her consent. Case studies will be used to explore other ethical issues in research, such as conflicts of interest and new coronavirus challenge studies.

Students will develop fundamental skills in management of epidemiologic data using SAS statistical computing software.

A methodologic core course. Details of concepts and quantitative techniques used in modern epidemiology.