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Scientific Writing
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Abstract
Scientific Writing Seminar for PhD Students
Objective
This course helps young scientists become better writers. This course focuses on writing well-organized and clear journal articles that students may submit for publication afterwards in order to advance their careers.
Content
In this course, students will learn how to write an effective journal article for their specific field. Students will learn more about writing all the sections of an IMRAD article (Introduction, Methods and materials, Results, and Discussion). Then students will closely study several key principles for writing clearly in English. Various aspects of the publication process will also be discussed. By the end, students will know what to do and how to do it when writing a clear and effective journal article.
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Lecture Notes
The course includes short lectures, open discussions, exercises with classmates, and peer review in small groups. The lecturer will give feedback on completed assignments. This is a friendly, hands-on course so students can really get the most out of it.
Literature
A script with reading material and exercises will be provided by the lecturer. For the lessons on style, students should have the following book: Writing Science in Plain English by Anne E. Greene ISBN: 9780226026374 Published May 2013 by the University of Chicago Press
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General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- DR
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- ungraded semester performance
Registration & Places
- Max Places
- 16
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture with exercise |
Scientific Writing
This course is for D-BSSE PhD students only.
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Doktorat Biosysteme (Mehr Informationen unter: Für Kurse der Kategorie "Integration in die wissenschaftliche Gemeinschaft" bitte die BSSE Webseite konsultieren: )