Fall 2005 semester
August 30 – December 6
Tuesdays, 12:30 – 1:30
304 Manning (#13 on this map)
Instructor: W. John MacMullen
Office: 310 Manning
Office hours: Before/after class or by appointment
Course Description
INLS 279, Bioinformatics Research Review (1). Develops understanding of information and library science research issues in the domain of bioinformatics through review of journal articles, invited talks, and critical group discussions of methods. [official SILS description]
This course developed from an informal journal club created in September 2001 by Brad Hemminger and John MacMullen. It is now a 1-credit seminar, but anyone at UNC, NC Central, NCSU, or Duke can still attend individual sessions without being officially registered.
Course Objectives
The learning objectives for this course are:
- To develop familiarity with information and library science-oriented problems in the biomedical sciences.
- To develop an understanding of research methods in the biomedical domain.
- To develop critical thinking and evaluation skills.
- To develop presentation and summarization skills.
Assignments & Grading
- 30% Presenting journal articles and leading class discussions.
- 20% Article and discussion summaries, and presentation materials.
- 50% Class participation (reading and critically discussing articles).
Presentation Schedule
- 08/31: Course overview, introductions, & planning
- 09/06: John M
- 09/13: John M
- 09/20: Noel F
- 09/27: John M
- 10/04: John M
- 10/11: Noel F
- 10/18: John M
- 10/25: No class, AMIA conference
- 11/01: No class, ASIST conference
- 11/08: Noel F
- 11/15: John M
- 11/22: No class
- 11/29: Noel
- 12/06: Brad Hemminger
Course Policies & Procedures
- Presenters must submit the citation for their discussion paper (with URL) at least 1 week prior to their presentation. I am happy to discuss potential readings before or after class, during office hours, or via email.
- Presentation slides and discussion summaries must be submitted to the instructor within 2 weeks of the presentation. Documents should be single-spaced and emailed to the instructor as an attachment.
- You are expected and encouraged to participate in discussions in class, every class. I will routinely ask students to comment on, explain portions of, or critically review the readings. A large part of your grade (50%) will be determined by the level and quality of your participation, and your willingness to participate.
- All seminars will be advertised on the SILS Biomedical Informatics Journal Club calendar and via the SILS bioinformatics listserv. Feel free to invite colleagues or friends who might be interested.
- Be certain to subscribe to the listserv before the 2nd class.
Grading scale
For graduate-level courses, SILS uses the UNC Graduate School grading scale, which is defined as follows:
- H 95-100% "Clear Excellence", above and beyond what is required
- P 80-94% "Entirely Satisfactory"; SILS recognizes subtle levels of "satisfactory" since most grades tend to cluster here:
- P+ 90-94% all requirements satisfied at highest quality
- P 85-89% all requirements satisfied at entirely acceptable, above average level
- P- 80-84% requirements satisfied
- L 70-79% "Low Passing"
- F < 70% "Failed"
Although pluses and minuses are used in the internal grades awarded by the school, only H, P, L, or F will appear on the official transcript. Pluses and minuses on the internal record are used to determine class rank and Beta Phi Mu candidacy.
Honor Code
UNC Chapel Hill has a student-administered honor system that encourages and promotes the individual's adherence to the ethics of academia. Essentially, the honor code means that work that you submit is your own (or your group's in the case of group work), and that information taken from the work of others must always be attributed. In this class, unless specified otherwise, collaboration, discussion, and the use of assistance from other class members is encouraged and is not inconsistent with the honor code. (Adapted from Evelyn Daniel.)
Honor Code web site: http://www.unc.edu/depts/honor/studinfo.html
UNC Instrument of Student Judicial Governance: http://instrument.unc.edu/
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Last updated: 2005-09-29
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