Developing Your Skills
As an undergraduate student in a science major or program, there are
many skills you will need to acquire to be successful in your profession.
You will need most of these skills regardless of what field of science you
go in to or even if you change your mind and chose another career.
Some of these skills you will learn from your mentor. Some you will
need to find other means of learning them. Some you will learn as a
graduate student or a postdoctoral fellow. Only the ones that might be
appropriate as an undergraduate student are linked here. For any others,
see Developing Your Skills - Graduate
Professional ethics
Professional attitudes
Professional behavior
Use of animals and humans
in research
Confidentiality
Laboratory-related skills
Use of animals and humans
in research
Laboratory safety
Laboratory instrumentation
Laboratory practices
Research/analytical skills
Problem solving/reasoning
Planning
Experimental design
Informational technology
Data analysis
Time management
Resource management
Scientific literature
Communication skills
Interviewing
Presentations
Technical writing
(Abstracts, posters, papers, CV, etc.)
Grant writing
(see
Graduate page)
Peer review
Teaching and mentoring skills
Teaching (see Graduate page)
Mentoring: skills for being a mentor
(see Graduate
page)
Mentoring: skills for utilizing a mentor
Personnel and management skills
Supervising staff and other employees
Management of projects/grants
(see
Postdoctoral
page)
Networking
Working in teams
Lifelong learning skills
Lifelong and independent learning
Career development skills
Career planning
Interacting with professional societies
(see Graduate page)
Entrepreneurial skills (see
postdoctoral page)
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