Elective courses are offered to enhance the postdoctoral training experience, but are not required.
Registration for these courses should be considered only if a postdoctoral scholar’s schedule allows for full participation/completion and if all the requirements have been met for the Postdoctoral Training Certificate. Postdoctoral scholars may view their UT Southwestern academic record on-line.
Poster Presentation
PDRT 5104-01 |
1.0 Credit Hour
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*Note: Verification of your poster presentation will be required for credit in this course.
Produce a poster to describe a research project and exhibit data. Make a presentation at a local (e.g.: UT Southwestern Annual Postdoctoral Poster Session), regional, national or international conference or symposium. A form shall be submitted to the Postdoctoral Affairs Office to document the presentation, including a trip number if presentation is made off campus.
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Seminar Series
PDRT 5108-01 |
1.0 Credit Hour
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*Note: Verification of the seminar series that you attend is required for a grade of pass in this course
Attend a regularly scheduled institutional, departmental, or program seminar series. Choose from the list available on the webpage entitled Web Resources for UT Southwestern Postdoctoral Scholars or, for a seminar series not found on the list, obtain approval from the Postdoctoral Affairs Office. A form shall be submitted to the Postdoctoral Affairs Office to document the presentation, including a trip number if presentation is made off campus.
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Research Mentoring
PDRT 5101-01 |
1.0 Credit Hour
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*Note: Advance permission and subsequent verification of your research mentoring will be required before you may register and receive credit in this course.
Serve as a supervisor/mentor for a research project conducted by a trainee such as a rotating graduate student, medical student, Green Fellow, SURF student, or STARS student or teacher. The name of the trainee and program must be submitted to the Postdoctoral Affairs Office and the appropriate program. This activity must also be coordinated with your own research supervisor. To receive a grade of pass, a form shall be submitted to the Postdoctoral Affairs Office to document your mentoring activity.
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Application for Funding Award
PDRT 5200-01 |
2.0 Credit Hour
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*Note: Advance permission and verification that you have previously submitted an application for funding will be required before you may register and receive credit in this course.
To gain permission to register for this course, you must submit a form to the Postdoctoral Affairs Office verifying submission of your application. There are no lectures to attend for you to receive a grade of pass.
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Advanced Topics – Off Campus
PDRT 5100-01 |
1.0 Credit Hour
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*Note: Advance permission and subsequent verification of your off-campus academic activity will be required before you may register and receive credit in this course.
Participate in a workshop, conference or other activity in advanced topics offered off campus. Advance permission is required from your research supervisor. Costs associated with such activities are not provided by the graduate school. To receive a grade of pass, a form shall be submitted to the Postdoctoral Affairs Office to document participation, including a trip number if the off campus activity is more that 6 hours or requires travel.
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Effective Teaching Practices
PDRT 5118-01 |
1.0 Credit Hour
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| The objective of this on-line course is to provide insights on how to develop and improve teaching skills. The course meets the requirement in effective teaching practices for the advanced Postdoctoral Certificate in Educational Techniques and serves as an elective for all other postdoctoral certificate programs. To receive credit, registrants must view seven video recordings and complete the evaluation form for each recording. Video recordings include those listed under Teaching Skills on the intranet page titled Video Recordings Provided by the Graduate School and maybe viewed at any time without registering for this course. |
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Teaching Experience
PDRT 5102-01 |
1.0 Credit Hour
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*Note: Advance permission and subsequent verification of your teaching experience will be required before you may register and receive credit in this course.
You make arrangements to prepare and present a class lecture or lead a discussion group under the supervision of a faculty member with whom you make arrangements to evaluate you. A faculty member may stipulate completion of the requirement in effective teaching practices as a prerequisite. If you need assistance, you may contact the Postdoctoral Affairs Office for teaching opportunities before registering in this course.
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Statistics 2.0
PDRT 5202-01 |
2.0 Credit Hour
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This on-line, elective course is an introduction to probability and basic descriptive and inferential statistics, with biological applications. To receive credit for this demanding, self-paced course you must view video recordings of ten lectures of your choice (from a total of 14 ranging in length from 61 to 83 minutes each) and complete an evaluation form for each recording viewed, all within the term registered. To learn the material you should work problem sets on your own. Please note that you need not register for this course to view any or all recordings, which are available on the intranet:
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu:8080/utsw/cda/dept436201/files/493318.html |
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Statistics 3.0
PDRT 5307-01 |
3.0 Credit Hour
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This on-line, elective course is an introduction to probability and basic descriptive and inferential statistics, with biological applications. To receive credit for this demanding, self-paced course you must view video recordings of all 14 lectures (ranging in length from 61 to 83 minutes each) and complete an evaluation form for each recording, all within the term registered. To learn the material you should work problem sets on your own. An alternative course, which requires viewing of only ten recordings is offered as course number PDRT 5202-01. Please note that you need not register for this course to view any or all recordings, which are available on the intranet:
http://www.utsouthwestern.edu:8080/utsw/cda/dept436201/files/493318.html |
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