Undergraduate research symposium

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Undergraduate research symposium

• Presentation Information

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Undergraduate Research Symposium

• Poster or PowerPoint session format
• Each student will exhibit a poster or PowerPoint
  explaining her/his research or internship project
  (see overview slide of poster layout)
• Each student will provide a short (3 to 5 minute)
  oral summary.
• If exhibiting a poster, students are responsible
  for printing.

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Presentation Contents (Honors Independent
Studies Students)

• Introduction Background on research topic
• Goals / Objectives of research
• Approach or methods explanation of how the
  research was conducted
• Results Present results in figures, graphs
  tables, and provide brief text discussing the
  results
• Conclusions Provide a summary of the
  conclusions for your work.

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Presentation Contents (Internships)

• Introduction- What was the project?
• Goals / Objectives of the internship-What did you
  do?
• What did you contribute to the internship?
• What skills/knowledge were you able to apply from
  your Geography related coursework to your
  internship? Identify specific courses if
  relevant.
• What did you bring to the internship?
• Results-What kind of skills/knowledge did you
  gain from your internship that will help you in
  the future?
• Conclusions- Provide a summary of the conclusions
  for your work/internship.