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| | Science & Technology in Service to the Community
STSC is a fun, low-pressure course designed to make you think about the
consequences of your actions as a scientist, engineer, and
citizen.
Course objectives
 | Study the great successes of science and their sometimes disastrous
consequences. |
| Learn to think ahead to anticipate problems |
| Learn how to choose projects that explicitly serve the community |
| Learn scientific and technical ethics in the context of actual data you
gather |
| Learn to keep a laboratory notebook |
| Read about science as the general public does |
| Practice group dynamics, argue and negotiate effectively |
About this course
| This course is being developed for the entire technical community
by the LSU Macromolecular Studies Group
as part of its commitment to the NSF-IGERT
award, Teaching Craft for Macromolecular Creativity. MSG
believes in integrative teaching; this course is designed to be
effective when taught in conjunction with an active research program,
lecture and lab/demo courses and seminars. It is taught in the
summer and is appropriate for beginning graduate students and summer
research interns equally. |
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Grading: 25% on attendance, 25% on participation, 25% on assigned
problem sets and 25% on a project (may be written, team report/presentation,
etc.).
Faculty: STSC is a team-taught course. One professor is declared
the professor of record, who coordinates the other faculty participants and,
often, visitors.
Contact Information
- Telephone
- 225-578-3361
- FAX
- 225-578-3458
- Postal address
- 232 Choppin Hall Baton Rouge LA 70803
- Electronic mail
- General Information:
paul.russo@chem.LSU.edu
Webmaster:
paul.russo@chem.LSU.edu
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