KIE-39106 Research Writing, 2-5 cr
Additional information
To be considered for this course, students must fill out a short Webrobpol application form in addition to adding their names in POP. Please see the implementation page for the address!
When a course is over-subscribed, i.e. there are more sign-ups than places on the course, then we enrol the required number of students according to the sign-up time and target group. This course is primarily intended for doctoral students.
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Heidi Jauni, Sari Isokääntä
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| KIE-39106 2019-01 | 1 - 2 |
Sari Isokääntä Heidi Jauni |
Participation in three small-group meetings to give and get feedback on manuscripts written by participants, together with completion of a limited number of online modules on Moodle. NB: This course has one compulsory opening lecture, but no other weekly sessions, apart from the three small-group meetings that are scheduled individually. |
| KIE-39106 2019-02 | 3 - 4 |
Sari Isokääntä Heidi Jauni |
Participation in three small-group meetings to give and get feedback on manuscripts written by participants, together with completion of a limited number of online modules on Moodle. NB: This course has one compulsory opening lecture, but no other weekly sessions, apart from the three small-group meetings that are scheduled individually. |
Learning Outcomes
This course supports the development of a manuscript for publication, a conference paper, and/or a doctoral dissertation. It is suitable for doctoral students and research staff. The development of the manuscript will happen through peer and instructor support in small groups. While developing the above mentioned manuscript, participants will also complete a choice of online self-study modules in order to supplement their learning according to their own needs/ weaknesses. This course is more advanced than KIE-34106 Academic Writing and is not intended as a replacement to a full introduction to the basics of academic writing, although the online modules do address basic issues as well.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Participants will be better able to organize sections of a research article or thesis. | Participants will have an understanding of how research is structured in his or her own field, including variation according to topic, journal, or institution. | |
| 2. | Participants will be able to establish their credibility as researchers through citation. They will also use the format necessary for their publications accurately. | Participants will be able to vary verb tense and citation type (integral or non-integral) depending on the location and function of the citation. | |
| 3. | Participants will be able to write text which is clear and easy to follow (i.e. reader-friendly). | Participants will be able to use verbs effectively to enliven their academic writing. | |
| 4. | Participants will be able to write in a formal style of English appropriate to a journal or thesis. | Participants will be able to make subtle changes in tone when presenting and interpreting results. | |
| 5. | Participants will be able to produce text which is of high enough quality to publish in terms of grammatical soundness. | Participants will make use of both common (e.g. online thesauri) and specialised tools (corpora) in order to edit their own writing. | |
| 6. | Participants will be able to identify strategies and language characteristic of writing in their particular fields. | Participants will be able to adapt phrases and typically used language found in papers in their own field within their own papers. |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
This course is offered on a pass-fail basis based on participation in a small writing group (= three meetings) and evidence of completing a sufficient number of online modules.
Assessment scale:
Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course
Additional information about prerequisites
This course is primarily for doctoral students.
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| KIE-39106 Research Writing, 2-5 cr | KIE-3466 Research Writing, 3 cr |