Translate complex evidence without distorting it
Computing, Communication & Enterprise · Communication, Publishing & Public Scholarship
PUB-320Scientific Communication & Public Scholarship
Develops clear, accurate, accessible communication across research articles, public writing, visual explanation, presentations, and digital media.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Match form, structure, and language to audience and purpose
Use citation, visual evidence, and uncertainty responsibly
Revise work through editorial and audience feedback
Course content
Topics and questions
- Argument and evidence
- Genre and audience
- Visual explanation
- Public scholarship and media
- Editing, accessibility, and ethical communication
Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- Writing and citation platforms
- Layout and visual tools
- Web publishing environment
Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Research abstract and explainer
- Visual evidence product
- Public scholarship portfolio
Program relationships
Where this course fits
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Anthropology, Technology & Society
Studies culture, human difference, technology, institutions, material life, and social change through comparative and field-based inquiry.
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Communication, Public Scholarship & Digital Media
Connects writing, research, design, publishing, media, public knowledge, audience, and digital systems.
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Technology Enterprise & Innovation
Connects technology strategy, venture design, product development, organizational systems, finance, partnerships, and responsible growth.
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Digital Heritage Documentation
3D capture, collections documentation, GIS, metadata, web visualization, archival derivatives, and public interpretation.
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Medical Anthropology
Culture, health, embodiment, care systems, environment, inequality, ethnography, and biosocial interpretation.
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Applied Research Methods
Research design, qualitative and mixed methods, spatial analysis, reproducibility, ethics, and public reporting.
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3D Artifact Digitization
Structured-light capture, mesh processing, measurement, texture, metadata, web viewers, archival derivatives, and permissions.
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Research Computing & Visualization
Programming, reproducible analysis, data systems, scientific visualization, computational notebooks, and research software practice.
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Scientific Publishing & Methodological Communication
Research writing, methodological notes, peer review, editorial workflow, reproducibility, public scholarship, and publication production.
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Research Data Stewardship
A compact credential in reproducible data organization, metadata, documentation, preservation, access control, and responsible research reuse.
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Cultural Resource Reporting
CRM records, methods, GIS, analytical integration, findings, quality control, and final technical report production.
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Cultural Resource Compliance & Reporting
Continuing education in project scoping, records research, field documentation, partner coordination, analytical synthesis, and professional cultural-resource reporting.
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Scientific Publishing Studio
A manuscript-to-publication studio covering structure, evidence, figures, citations, methods, peer review, accessibility, and production.
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