Instructor: David Allbritton
Office: 407 Byrne Hall
Phone: 773-325-4799
E-Mail: dallbrit@depaul.edu

Class meets 3:30-4:30pm, Fridays Monthly at Byrne Room 403.
The exact date and time of each meeting will also be announced via e-mail.

Textbook:
Booth, V. (1993). Communicating in Science. Cambridge University Press.

Objective:
The students will learn current research topics in experimental psychology
from presentations on research by students, faculty and invited speakers.


Grade:
The student's score will be a weighted average of the scores earned on all
course requirements. The requirements and weights are as below. 

Requirement     Attendance         Writing              Presentation
Weight          40%                36%                  24%

Attendance is self-explanatory. Writing refers to the Portfolio that is due March 15 and to a term paper due each quarter. The term paper is to be a short research proposal about 5 pages in length. The paper is due the first Monday of the final week of that quarter. Presentation refers to the student presentation in Spring quarter. The length of each presentation is 20 minutes.

• Course Schedule: Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

• Past Speakers and Titles: 1995-2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

• Experimental program required courses and schedule

• Portfolio guidelines

• Course Reading List    

• Comprehensive Examination Information

• Sample Vita     Mock Curriculum Vita     "Vita Voyeur" (Roediger, 2004)

• Dermer's Advice to Graduate Students

• Advice on talks and presentations I     II    

• Advice on research and writing    
• Funding Sources for Grad Students

• Statistical Computing Links

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Note on Teaching Seminar: Students take 550 during their third year (not second), and may not take it earlier unless they have completed their masters degree.

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Last revised: Sept. 16, 2007