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 |