FISH 500 (3 credits; Section 001)
Course Organizer: Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Andrew Trites faculty in charge, seminar organizer Andres Cisneros, Fisheries Centre, UBC
Schedule: Terms 1 and 2, Public Seminar Fridays, 11am -12:30 pm, AERL 120 (Seminar List). Weekly discussion session for credit students changed from Mondays 9-10 to Fridays 1-2pm, AERL 107. First discussion session Sep 17, 2010.
Remarks:
FC members and others interested in the topics are encouraged as always to attend the weekly Friday seminar from 11 to 12:30, and the coffee break prior to the seminar, at 10:30am in the AERL foyer.
Official credit students are expected to attend every Friday seminar in both terms, beginning Sept 10, 2010, as well as the Friday 1-2pm discussion session in both terms, beginning Sept 17, 2010. Friday seminars typically end about 12 noon, though questions may go longer. The discussion sessions will review and critique the seminars and discuss what makes for good presentations.
Students enrolled in the class are expected to give individual Friday seminar presentations, typically in Term 2 of the course. Grading will be based 40% on the student oral presentation and 60% on written comment and critique of each of the seminars by outside speakers, a written peer review of a publication related to one of the seminars, and class participation.