Aspects of scientific writing

Lectures:

10 hours

Recommended for

All doctoral students at IDA / HMI.

The course was last given:

Fall 00.

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

Prerequisites

Good working knowledge of English.

Organization and 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 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.

Teachers

Erik Hollnagel

Examiner

Erik Hollnagel

Schedule

Fall 2001.

Examination

Presence during seminars + summary report or presentation

Credit

3 credits