IST 520 “Responsible Conduct of Research” will be taught again this. The prefix IST (Interdisciplinary Studies) may not be one that students run across when searching for courses, so we are asking that you bring it to the attention of students.
Course Name: Responsible Conduct of Research
Course Number: IST 520 CRN Number: 58859
Course Credits: 1 credit Course
Grading: P/N
Fall Term 2011 Schedule: Tuesdays, 4:00 to 4:50 pm
Location: StAg 310
Format: Each meeting will be a combination of lecture and discussion
Class preparation: Approximately 2 hours of reading background material for the discussion and a writing assignment on a case study
The instructors are: Courtney Campbell, Steve Durkee, Martin Fisk, Rich Holdren,
Lisa Leventhal, Craig Marcus, Barbara Taylor, Nicole Wolf and Lisa Ganio
The lecture topics are:
- mentor/trainee responsibilities;
- research ethics, ethical decision making;
- research misconduct, plagiarism;
- data management, collection, sharing, and ownership;
- collaborative science;
- animal welfare;
- use of human subjects in research;
- conflicts of interest;
- peer review.
