UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

Presentation Information

Undergraduate Research Symposium

• Poster or PowerPoint session format• Each student will exhibit a poster or PowerPoint

explaining her/his research or internship project (see overview slide of poster layout)

• Each student will provide a short (3 to 5 minute) oral summary.

• If exhibiting a poster, students are responsible for printing.

Presentation Contents (Honors & Independent Studies Students)

• Introduction – Background on research topic • Goals / Objectives of research• Approach or methods – explanation of how the research was conducted

• Results – Present results in figures, graphs tables, and provide brief text discussing the results

• Conclusions – Provide a summary of the conclusions for your work.

Presentation Contents (Internships)• Introduction- What was the project?• Goals / Objectives of the internship-What did you do?• What did you contribute to the internship?

1. What skills/knowledge were you able to apply from your Geography related coursework to your internship? Identify specific courses if relevant.

2. What did you bring to the internship?

• Results-What kind of skills/knowledge did you gain from your internship that will help you in the future?

• Conclusions- Provide a summary of the conclusions for your work/internship.