MUSE/HS 26B: Dr. G's section, F05 (www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gerstman/muse)
Professor: Bud Gerstman [click to go to Dr. G's homepage] [gerstman@email.sjsu.edu]

• Syllabus  
• Yahoo! discussion group 
• Online resources: Merck Home Manual | All Merck Manuals | Medical Dictionary |Wikipedia | Medline Plus | PubMed 
• Schedule [click "Week" -- link is dead until day before class]
  • Week 0 (Th 8/25/05) -- Orientation
  • Week 1  (Tu 8/30, Th 9/1) - Referencing, ethics, introduction to the study of health and disease
  • Week 2  (Tu 9/6, Th 9/8) - Pathophysiology 
  • Week 3 (Tu 9/13, Th 9/15) -  Epidemiology; research topic generation & development
  • Week 4 (Tu 9/20, Th 9/22) - Research 
  • Week 5 (Tu 9/27, Th 9/29) - 19th century epidemics 
  • Week 6 (Tu 10/4, Th 10/6) - Research ideas & midterm prep.
  • Week 7 (Tu 10/11, Th 10/13) - midterm 10/13
  • Week 8 (Tu 10/18, Th 10/20) - review exams; research development
  • Week 9 (Tu 10/25, Th 10/27) - research development
  • Week 10 (Tu 11/1, Th 11/3) - research, first library visit
  • Week 11 (Tu 11/8, Th 11/10) - research
  • Week 12  (Tu 11/15, Th 11/17) - second library visit, research 
  • Week 13 (Tu 11/22, T-giving) - research
  • Week 14 (Tu 11/29, Th 12/1) - outlines due
  • Week 15 (Tu 12/6, Th12/8) - revised outlines due
  • Final exam (presentations) Friday 12/16 9:45 - 12:00
• Resources
  • APA style guides: Capital Community College | OWL (Purdue) | Dewey's crib sheet
  • Re: academic integrity 
  • MUSE Workshop Form (MS Word document) - Attend at least two MUSE workshops (one before10/5 and the other before 12/5)
  • PresentationandManuscriptGuidelines.pdf 
  • Writing: Strunck's Elements of Style | Dictionary