Spring 2027 course information forthcoming.
Course Description:
Writing for Biology and the Natural Sciences is a research based, project-focused course designed to address the needs of students doing research in the natural sciences.
The course begins by covering many of the basic forms of professional writing students will encounter in their careers (including abstracts, literature surveys, research reports, and grant proposals). Each student then develops an individual project involving research in an area of specialty, culminating in a project proposal or journal article (possibly for publication in a journal for undergraduate science).
Students currently engaged in research are urged to consider writing a journal article; students not yet engaged in research will have the option to write a grant proposal.
No textbooks are required for this course.