Aspects of Scientific WritingFDA025, 2003HTFull
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Course plan
No of lectures
15 h.
Recommended for
All doctoral students at IDA/HMI.
The course was last given
Fall 2002.
Goals
To provide the basic skills needed for reading, writing and presenting scientific work (journal papers, monographs, presentations). This includes guidelines for structuring written and oral presentations, as well as for critical reading.
Prerequisites
Good working knowledge of English.
Organization
Contents
The seminars will take the form of guided discussions of a number of selected scientific papers, and use these to illustrate essential points relating to reading, writing and presentation. Course participants are required to read through selected papers and discuss these during classes. Course participants are encouraged to suggest examples of papers that they consider particularly good or bad. The papers need not be within their own area of interest or expertise.
Literature
Swales & Feak (1994). Academic writing for graduate students. The University of Michigan Press.
Lecturers
Erik Hollnagel.
Examiner
Erik Hollnagel.
Examination
Active presence during seminars + summary report or presentation.
Credit
3 credits.
Comments
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