Through supervised readings of current manuscripts and meetings
with visiting evolutionary genetics faculty seminar speakers,
successful graduate students will be exposed to current ideas in
evolutionary genetics, be able to critically assess the
scientific literature in evolutionary genetics and be able to
interact with professional evolutionary geneticists.

The topical outline depends on the particular faculty involved
and the slate of visiting evolutionary geneticists. The class
will typically meet about ten times per semester. In general, 
the
class is run as follows:  in preparation for an upcoming seminar
visit, a faculty member will solicit from the visiting scholar 
an
unpublished or recently published manuscript. The manuscript 
will
be provided to students who will read the manuscript and
participate in a supervised discussion of the manuscript with a
faculty member. Students will attend the formal seminar. During
his/her visit, the visiting evolutionary geneticist will meet
with the students in class and discuss the manuscript in depth.

UGA student honor code:  "I will be academically honest in all 
of
my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty in
others."  A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be
found at www.uga.edu./ovpi.  The instructors of GENE 8700 expect
all students to abide by the Honor Code.