Scientific foundations will be held from 4 – 6 on Tuesdays, GRE prep and Grad School applications from 5 – 7 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. All other time (~9 – 5) will be spent conducting research in mentor labs.

Week	Research	Scientific Foundations Course	Graduate Application Prep
1	Orientation, Research	Animal Welfare, Ethics & Lab safety, Searching the literature.
2	Research	Experimental design and statistics primer.	GRE Intro and Pretest, Grad School Application Overview
3	Research	Reading, organizing and citing the scientific literature.	GRE foundations and self study, Statements of purpose
4	Research	How to make effective oral presentations	GRE Quantitative, Research Statements
5	Research	Student Presentations
6	Research	Poster design, Big Topic Discussion: Evolution of Social Behavior (Why Be Social?)	GRE Verbal, CVs
7	Research	Big Topic Discussion: Comparative Behavioral Neuroscience.	GRE Analytical, Networking
8	Research	Poster lab
9	Research	Big Topic Discussion: Behavioral Endocrinology.	GRE sample test, Concerns
10	Posters and talks	Designing your next experiment, session reflection