GE3000 - Transfer Transitions

Dr. Brian Regal

Professor for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine

Department of History, LHAC 212

email: bregal@kean.edu

Course Description: Emphasis is on transitioning to Kean University; academic planning, understanding academic expectations, including the writing, research, and other skills and dispositions needed for success in the intended major; and career exploration and planning.

Mandatory: You will complete the NIH Protecting Human Research Participants training from the following website: https://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php.

https://about.citiprogram.org/en/homepage/ 2018 version

Syllabus: Fall 2019 (NOTE: syllabus may change over the course of the semester).

Required Reading: Arlene Fink. Conducting Research Literature Reviews (Sage: 2014). Available in the bookstore.

Additional Required Resources:

- USB drive

- Kean email account

- ID card library sticker for database access

- Kean Blackboard account

- Register with Turnitin

- LinkedIn account

Homework turn in checklist: Use this checklist to keep track of your required work in this course and then add it to your portfolio turned in at the end of the semester.

Useful on-line resources:

Writing a 'Review of Literature'

https://phdinahundredsteps.wordpress.com/2017/12/07/writing-a-literature-review-in-your-own-voice/