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The Mechanics of Scientific Writing
StudieavdelingenA five-day course for PhD candidates - June 2012
This course covers the fundamentals of academic writing for both the social and natural (physical) sciences. The first half concentrates on structure; specifically, how to outline expository, argumentative and analytical papers. The second half focuses on style: how to write clearly, cohesively, and concisely. Re-writing is emphasized.
Teacher: Senior Lecturer William Warner, Noragric
Responsible UMB unit: Department of Academic Affairs.
Contact person: Kari Moxnes
Language: English
Credits: 0 stp
Main objective: To help PhD candidates to develop writing skills for scientific publications and thesis
Lectures /teaching period:
A five-day course: 11-15 June 2012.
Lectures: 1015-1200 o'clock every day.
Target group: PhD candidates at UMB - actively writing on articles or their thesis
Entrance requirements: Participants must be registered as PhD candidate at UMB or at other Norwegian universities
Preparatory work: No preparatory work required
Teaching methods: Lectures, discussions.
Course literature: W. Strunk & E.B. White, The Elements of Style.
Available on-line: http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Teaching support: The Writing Center at Noragric will be open by appointment only, to offer one-on-one assistance. Email addresses for making appointments will be posted to the course participants.
Course sertificate: A course sertificate will be issued to participants who join all lectures / the whole course.
SYLLABUS and LECTURE NOTES
11 June 1015-1200
Analysis – an introduction to critical thinking for academic writing
Structure – an overview of outlining: analytical, comparison & contrast, argumentative
12 June 1015-1200
IMRAD – standard components of a publishable research manuscript
Argue - how to argue and develop a thesis statement
13 June 1015-1200
Citation – guidelines for referencing and how to avoid plagiarism
Tables and Figures – how to make your writing understood
Punctuation – how to make your writing accurate
14 June 1015-1200
Clarity – six principles of clear writing
Cohesion – how to make your writing fluid
15 June 1015-1200
Concision & Precision – how to make your writing tight and right
Review – summing up the principles of good writing
Publisert: 04.04.11
Oppdatert: 22.03.12
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