Writing in Science and Technology

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the research education student should know the following:

• give an authoritative account of the general structure of a scientific article,
• demonstrate expert knowledge in a delimited area of the research field and present it to the group,
• present the method used in their study authoritatively and with clarity,
• write a scientific text in an effective, concise, and clear way.
• formulate views on the structure of a scientific text in other research areas than their own,
• suggest improvements to a scientific text,
• identify and discuss the ethical aspects of a scientific text, and
• adopt a constructive approach to the result of a peer-review process.

Course content

The course is based on lectures on general aspects of scientific texts and a seminar series in which doctoral students review each other’s research-related texts. The lectures are given by senior researchers who present aspects of research texts in their respective disciplines. The students cooperate on texts, manuscripts, and assignments. Students develop skills in giving and taking comments on their own and others’ research, orally and in writing.

The course will start the first week in September.

 

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