Professional & Leadership Development

Overview


This course provides graduate students in the biosciences with the opportunity to develop their leadership, communication, management, and interpersonal skills in an interactive workshop format.  It complements their scientific training and focuses on the interpersonal skills most relevant to the scientific arenas of academia, research, development, business, and government. 


Topics covered (see the schedule for more details):

    - Leadership

    - Negotiation

    - Conflict Resolution

    - Communication

    - Team Dynamics


This is a 2 credit course open to bioscience graduate students (including TGR students who can take it without exceeding their TGR tuition).  If you are interested in taking Professional & Leadership Development, please fill out the short pre-qualification application.  Space is limited.




This course is generously supported by

  1. -    The School of Medicine Dean’s Office

  2. -    The Department of Microbiology & Immunology

  3. -    The Center for Teaching and Learning

  4. -    The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education

  5. -    The Gould Negotiation and Mediation Program, Law School

  6. -    The Center for Leadership Development and Research, Graduate School of Business

  7. -   


April 2 - May 28, 2009 (Spring Quarter)

Thursdays 4 - 6 PM

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