296A // Prof. Dan Friedman

Third Year PhD Seminar

The class meets most Mondays, usually 5:00PM - 6:30PM, in the big conference room, 499 E2.

Participants are expected to present twice, for 15-30 minutes each. The goal is to have a thesis prospectus by the end of the quarter, and to advance to candidacy.

The current schedule appears in the "Readings" below.

Supplementary materials on writing can be found at the following websites:

Two books to consider borrowing from the library or purchasing:

Homework

Form your Orals Committee and schedule an Oral Exam ASAP.

Announcements

All students have now scheduled both presentations. Be sure to bring your advisor to your second presentation, and also to the first if possible. You can make mutually beneficial trades of dates, but please email Dan any updates to the schedule posted below.

You can access helpful grant-writing hints at the Government Grants Research Assistance Web Site:

http://socialsciences.ucsc.edu/administration/development/government_grants/government_grants_research_assistance.php

You may want to attend the
National Science Foundation One-Day Workshop:

The National Science Foundation and the University of California, Santa Cruz will be holding a one-day workshop on Friday, November 20, 2009. This workshop is primarily designed for researchers and educators less experienced in proposing to the NSF; however, more experienced proposers and NSF grantees may well find the workshop useful and informative.

Please click on the following link for more information or contact Ashlee at 9.1644 or ashleeac@ucsc.edu.

http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=115649&org=NSF

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