STS.034 | Fall 2011 | Undergraduate

Science Communication: A Practical Guide

Course Description

This class develops the abilities of students to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world contexts. It covers strategies for dealing with complex areas like theoretical physics, genomics and neuroscience, and addresses challenges in communicating about topics such as climate change and evolution. …
This class develops the abilities of students to communicate science effectively in a variety of real-world contexts. It covers strategies for dealing with complex areas like theoretical physics, genomics and neuroscience, and addresses challenges in communicating about topics such as climate change and evolution. Projects focus on speaking and writing, being an expert witness, preparing briefings for policy-makers, writing blogs, and giving live interviews for broadcast, as well as the creation of an interactive exhibit for display in the MIT Museum.
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A photo of three people on a presentation stage at a conference.
Leslie Hawthorn, Jacob Kaplan-Moss, and Robert Lofthouse present together at DjangoCon 2008. (Photo courtesy of Jacob Kaplan-Moss on Flickr. CC-BY-NC.)