HCHS60260

Prerequisites: Admission to PhD in Health Sciences program and permission of instructor. The purpose of this course is to provide Harris College Health Science Ph.D. students with a hands-on training in their respective unit discipline. Topics to vary, but may include specific field techniques, the use of specialized analytical programs or approaches, or advanced methods of scientific communication. A product of these ongoing courses throughout the first two years of the PhD experience will be to gain advanced experience in a research lab/setting, narrow a well-developed research proposal, and articulate the focus of the student's dissertation project. May be taken for 1-2 credit hours, depending on the topic. May be repeated for credit up to a total of 6 credit hours.