Know Your Field - Introduction
Introduction | Prep | Activity
Topic
Strategies for familiarizing yourself with a particular discipline or subdiscipline. Tools for identifying seminal works, major scholars, core journals, and more.
What you will learn:
- How to locate and contribute to conversations in your field
- Identify top and emerging topics
- Find areas in your field that you can grow in
This module will prepare you for:
- Starting your degree program
- Attending conferences
- Developing a project prospectus
Table of contents
- Prep - Get tips to help you explore more of your field (5 minutes)
- Activity - Identify areas in your field that you need to learn more about (20 minutes)
Credits: The content for this session was developed over multiple iterations, with contributions from Susan Gilman and Odile Harter.
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