autumn 2012 BIO-8008 Communicating Science Module 3 Visualizing your science - 1 ECTS
Course content
We live in a visual world; therefore science communication should be visual too. This course will teach you to reflect upon - and train to use - different methods to visualize your science. The theme in fall will be cartography. The aim is to produce a map, and to know the process behind producing a map.Objectives of the course
On the course you will learn:- How to communicate your analysis and results through a map
- To reflect about the role of the research community in science communication, and to understand the power of visual communication
- To produce a map
- To use of soft-ware in visualizing your research (Illustrator)
- To visualize research, and to adjust the message according to the intended audience
Assessment
Deliver a map based on your own data set along with your reflections around the project and the learning process (1 page, Deadline 14.11.12., deliver to elina.halttunen@uit.no). Alternatively, produce a pen-and-pencil map on a data set provided by the lecturer on the evening of 7.11. 17:15-19:00. Pass/Not passedError rendering component
- About the course
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- ECTS: 1
- Course code: BIO-8008
- Responsible unit
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology