Course Description:

Seminar presentations and discussions of topics essential to enhancing the awareness, personal satisfaction and professional success of graduate students. Topics include graduate students’ roles and responsibilities, professor-student relations, thesis/dissertation, grant and publication writing, preparing effective presentations, effective teaching, curriculum vitae development, and interviewing techniques.

Instructor:

Dr. Michael E. Kane, Professor

Environmental Horticulture Department
Building 68 Room 109
P.O. Box 110675
Tel: 273-4500
Cell: 352-359-3565
micropro@ufl.edu

Office Hours: Monday 9:00 – 10:30 AM or via email/telephone

Course Objectives:

At the completion of the course graduate students will be able to:

• Utilize available university information, support, and guidance resources to enhance their academic and professional success
• Discuss diverse issues important to their graduate educational experience and professional development
• Develop a well organized curriculum vitae or resume
• Prepare and make more effective presentations
  

• Syllabus (PDF)
• Grad Student Host List
• Presentations
  • L1: Grad Student Roles & Responsibilities
  
  
  • L2: Preparing to Teach Your First Class
  
  
  • L3: Conflict Resolution
  
  
  • L4: Future of the Land Grant University
  
  
  • L5: Effective Time Management
  
  
  • L6: Avoiding Plagiarism
  
  
  • L7: Publishing Your Thesis/Dissertation
  
  
  • L8: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
  
  
  • L9: Resume and Curriculum Vitae Development
  
  
  • L10: Interviewing Techniques
  
  
  • L11: Effective Leadership
  
  
  • L12: News Media Interactions
  
  
  • L13: Supervising Employees
  
  
  • L14: Intellectual Property
  
  
  • L15: Professional Presentations
  
  
  • L16: Job Offers
  
  
• Handouts
  • Compiled Critique Questions Set #1
  
  
  • Mentoring and Training Graduate Students
  
  
  • Being a Mentor
  
  
  • Martin:Land Grant Univ. in the 21st century
  
  
  • Publication Ethics Guidelines
  
  
  • Attending Professional Meetings
  
  
  • On Visual Aids
  
  
  • Student Management Teams
  
  
  • Campbell & Smith 1997
  
  
  • Mckeachie & Svinicki 2006
  
  
  • Davis 1993
  
  
  • Conflict Resolution Video (RealMedia)
  
  
• Critique Comments
• Sample Critique
• Student Information Form