|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Course Catalog 2010-2011
KIE-3377 Scientific Writing in English, 3 cr |
Person responsible
Sari Isokääntä
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will have an understanding of the organization of an academic text and will be able to recognize the main structural and stylistic aspects of written academic discourse. The student will be aware of the most important principles of the documentation of sources in academic writing. He or she will be able to produce an academic technical text in English, applying some of the basic principles and conventions of academic discourse in his or her own writing.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | The main organizational aspects of written academic discourse: the basic structure of a research paper; developing and presenting a thesis statement; paragraph organization; coherence. | ||
| 2. | The major stylistic and structural aspects of academic language: sentence structures, parallelism, logical connectives, word choice, register, punctuation. | ||
| 3. | The documentation and use of secondary sources: direct quotations, paraphrasing, referencing, bibliographies, abbreviations, plagiarism. |
Evaluation criteria for the course
Active participation, completing course assignments and a final exam.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | The Craft of Technical Writing | Alley, Michael | 0-387-94766-3 | English | |||
| Book | Tiedettä englanniksi: akateemisen kirjoittamisen käsikirja | May, Eva | 951-34-0093-X | English | |||
| Other literature | Will be given in class | English | |||||
| Other online content | Resources for Writing | English | |||||
| Other online content | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| KIE-3200 English for Engineers | Mandatory | 1 |
| KIE-3210 English Language Exam | Mandatory | 1 |
1 . Either KIE-3200 or KIE-3210 must be completed before taking this course.
Additional information about prerequisites
The students should have a grade 3 or higher from KIE-3200 English for Engineers before they can take this course.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
|
|
|
Additional information
CEF level: C1
Suitable for postgraduate studies
More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| Scientific Writing, Group 1: Tue 10-12.The lesson will be held only once per week and held in room K2113 | |||
| Scientific Writing, Group 2: Lessons will be held once per week on Tuesday 14-16, room K2120 | |||
| Group 3: Wed 8-10 | |||
| Group 4: Wed 14-16 | |||
| Group 5: Thu 10-12 | |||
| Group 13, avoin yo: Wed 16-18 | |||
| Group 6: Tue 16-18 | |||
| Group 7: Mon 14-16 | |||
| Group 8: Wed 8-10 | |||
| Group 9: Thu 10-12 | |||
| Group 10: Thu 14-16 | |||
| Group 14, avoin yo: Wed 16-18 | |||
| Group 11: Tue 14-17 | |||
| Group 12: Thu 10-14 |