Science Writing I

This course provides an introduction to most forms of science communication intended for non-scientific audiences, including print, online and broadcast journalism, university communications, industry public relations, science policy writing, and social media. We will introduce various careers and considerations in science communications, as well as provide the tools and techniques needed to accurately convey complicated subjects in an engaging way to a variety of audiences.

Note: This course is about communicating scientific topics to non-scientific audiences, not about writing scientific journal articles or grants.
 

Note: The course is about science journalism, not technical or scientific writing.

Course Number: WCWP-40105
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Digital Media Content Creation, Science Communication

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1/15/2019 - 3/12/2019

$395

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• SECTION ID:

  136364

• CLASS TYPE:

  In-class, Traditional Classroom instruction

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Buschman, Heather

  Heather Buschman has 12 years of experience communicating science to non-scientists. She earned her Ph.D. in molecular pathology at UC San Diego and completed a health communications internship in the National Cancer Institute’s press office. She spent her first years away from the bench as a science writer and communications manager for the Consortium for Functional Glycomics at The Scripps Research Institute, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and NuVasive, a medical device company. She is currently Senior Communications and Media Relations Manager for UC San Diego Health, where she translates complex research findings into lay-friendly stories in the form of press releases, newsletter articles, magazine pieces, podcast episodes and more. Buschman also continues to freelance, writing articles for a variety of clients. She has won a number of awards for her work, including an Association of American Medical Colleges Award for Excellence, Health Care Communicators Finest Award, MarCom Award, Content Marketing Institute Gold Award and PR Daily’s Nonprofit PR Award.

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  Fox, Tiffany

  Tiffany Fox is Communications Manager for Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego, as well as an award-winning public speaker. For more than a decade she has helped researchers tell their research stories through articles, videos and public presentations. In addition, she has developed a number of research communications training modules, offering them to hundreds of undergraduates and graduate students at UC San Diego, across a wide range of disciplines. She also writes a weekly newsletter on research communications, Research Refined. Prior to coming to UC San Diego, Fox was a reporter and columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune for 10 years. She is a freelance journalist and has written about a multitude of topics spanning science, engineering, technology and the arts. She has also traveled to five continents, is a certified yoga teacher, served in Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer and is a mother of two.

• TEXTBOOKS:

  No textbook required.

• POLICIES:

  Early enrollment advised.
  No refunds after: 1/21/2019.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $370 ($395 if enrolled after 12/10/2018).
  

• NOTE:

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
1/15/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/22/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
1/29/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/5/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/12/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/19/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
2/26/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
3/5/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla
3/12/2019	Tue	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.	Room 129, UCSD Extension Complex, 9600 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla