Course Catalog 2010-2011
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Course Catalog 2010-2011

TKT-9617 Scientific Publishing, 6 cr

Person responsible

Marko Hännikäinen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Assignment
Seminar
 2 h/week


+2 h/week



 15 h/per
 8 h/per



 



 
TKT-9617 2010-01 Friday 14 - 16, TB111
Friday 14 - 16, TB111

Requirements

Active participation in lectures, exercises during the course, writing of a scientific article, conference organisation duties and exercise conference presentation.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

A student is familiar with the complete scientific publishing process. A student knows what is expected from a good scientific article and can write high-quality articles him/herself. Also, a student can carry out peer-reviews and give constructive feedback for improving draft articles. Student can prepare conference presentation and masters a good oral conference presentation.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. A scientific publication: structure, contents, written presentation.  Good scientific practice, research ethics, example papers. IEEE practices and regulations.    
2. Phases and tasks of the publishing process. Scientific Societies.  Selecting publishers, purpose and reputation of different publishers and forums.   
3. Oral conference presentations: preparation, materials, structuring.   Poster preparation.   
4. Participation to a scientific conference.  Acting as a conference session chair, acting as an opponent.   
5. Use of English in scientific writing.  Analyzing example papers. Specific terminology. Practical hints for English writing.   
6. Tools for publishing: Internet, data bases, word processing tools.   Use of LaTeX tools.   
7. The peer review process - giving constructive feedback and comments for draft publications.   Evaluation of scientific quality of articles.    

Evaluation criteria for the course

Passing the course requires active participation in lectures and completion of all exercises. Successful completion of all exercises requires mastering the core content of the course.

Assessment scale:

Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   The Craft of Scientific Presentations   Michael Alley   0-387-95555-0          English  
Book   The Craft of Scientific Writing   Michael Alley   0-387-94766-3          English  
Lecture slides   Lecture notes and material   Marko Hännikäinen            English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TKT-9617 Scientific Publishing, 6 cr TKT-9616 Scientific Publishing, 4-5 cr  

Additional information

The course includes an exercise conference, in which students write, review, and present a paper and discuss after presentations. Course is in English.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TKT-9617 2010-01 A student is familiar and understands the complete scientific publishing process. A student knows what is expected from a good scientific article and can write high-quality articles him/herself. Also, a student knows how to carry out peer-reviews and give constructive feedback for improving draft articles. Student can prepare conference presentation and masters a good oral conference presentation.   Lectures
Practical works
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified13.01.2010