The undergraduate advisers can also answer questions about substantive issues including student research interests, internships, and post-college plans.
Based on the core contents of each lecture, we screened research work published during the recent decade and incorporated examples of research problems not only closely related to lecture contents, but also those that matched student research interests and background.
Based on the development of oral microbiology and its characteristics, lab teaching should be an important part of higher education to strengthen understanding of theoretical concepts and to cultivate students' research interest, practice, innovation, and comprehensive abilities [ 6, 7].
Depending upon how clear or focused the students' research interests are, they may also be able to begin drafting a proposal for the possible study.
The first part of the seminar is devoted to: a) discussion of common, required readings, including case studies, that consider the nature and practice of executive leadership, and b) discussion of students' research interests and strategies for gathering, organizing, and analyzing data for their own seminar papers.
It is assumed that the diversity in students' research interests stimulates interactions between those with different areas of expertise, and we anticipate that some of these interactions will develop into active collaborations, as has been the case for all of the previous courses that we have run.
The fifth advanced course is chosen by the student in an area related to the student's research interest, and may be selected from outside the Neurosciences core with prior approval from the program director and the student's adviser.
A student whose research interest coincides with a supported research project may receive a graduate research assistantship, with the understanding that the dissertation research will contribute to the project.
Students whose research interest lies in, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, or Africa are welcome.
