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

  1. Prep - Get tips to help you explore more of your field (5 minutes)
  2. 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.

For Facilitators: Visit the Facilitator's notes page Links to an external site. for information and file downloads.

Introduction | Prep | Activity