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Undergraduate Seminar

2026 Fall

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Aim

This course teaches undergraduate students how to find, choose, read scientific papers, and the ability of presenting the findings of papers to peers.

It also encourages students to acquire inspiration from the seminar talks of original research.

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Instructor

Lin, Chung-Ping 林仲平
Room: Science building, B309, Tel: 02-7749-6309
E-mail: treehopper@ntnu.edu.tw

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Course hours

Monday, 10:20-12:10 pm

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Grade

Grade:
1. Presentation (80%) (2 papers, Ecology & Evolution 2025/09 – now)
2. Questions, discussion & feedback (15%) (10 times minimum in classes)
3. Absence 5% (only sick/personal leave allowed, – 5% each for absence

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Course Format - Lectures

1. First 2 weeks, I will have lectures on the following 2 topics:

What’s in a scientific paper; How to read a scientific paper

How to give a presentation

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Course Format – Scientific Paper

1. Choose “two” original research papers (related) of your research interests within the “last” years in Ecology & Evolution.
2. E-mail the citation of the paper (or the PDF of the paper) with your name to me (due the 3rd week) on the first-come basis. I will then let you know if the paper is appropriate for the presentation, or you will need to choose another paper.
3. A list of presentation schedule (ordered by student numbers) will be available on the course webpage.
4. You will need to study the 2 papers together, and take turn to present the papers.

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Course Format - Presentation

3. In each of the presentation weeks, 5 students will each have a 15-mins non-stop seminar, followed by 5 mins of question and discussion section.

Each student will have the 1^st presentation, given feedback, then revise and prepare the 2^nd presentation according to the suggestions.

The presenter should hand out copies of 1) abstract and 2) evaluation form to the class (available at course webpage).

Classmates should write down the comments and feedback to the presenter.

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One-Page Abstract

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Oral Presentation�Evaluation Form

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Course web page

http://arachsociety.tw/systevo/index.php?page=home&lang=zh

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Language

During the class, only English can be used unless when you have difficulty of expressing yourself in English. Then, you may use Chinese in a few keywords in the sentences.

For essential keywords or phrases, I may explain them using Chinese.

In between classes (break) or after classes, you can use Chinese to ask questions or to discuss.