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Course Catalog 2012-2013
KIE-3377 Scientific Writing in English, 3 cr |
Additional information
CEF level: C1
Mikäli opintojaksolle ilmoittautuu enemmän opiskelijoita kuin on mahdollista ottaa, karsitaan osallistujat ensisijaisesti opintopisteiden perusteella. Opintojaksolle ilmoittautuneen on oltava läsnä ensimmäisellä kerralla varmistaakseen paikkansa opintojaksolla.
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 number of credit points they have. Students have to be present on the first day of the course to be sure of retaining their place.
Person responsible
Adrian Benfield, Lauri Tolkki
Lessons
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| KIE-3377 2012-03 | |
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| KIE-3377 2012-13 |
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 and completing course assignments, an 'in-class' exam and a course diary.
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 |
| Other literature | Will be given in class | English | |||||
| Other online content | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| KIE-3200 English for Engineers | Mandatory | 1 |
| KIE-3210 English Language Exam | Mandatory | 1 |
| KIE-3220 English for Architects | Mandatory | 1 |
1 . One of these courses or the English language exam is required before taking KIE-3377.
Additional information about prerequisites
At least grade 3 is required from KIE-3200 in order to qualify for KIE-3377.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| Group 3 Please note that while this course is held in the summer, it is officially part of your period 1 studies. The sign-up is in the 2011-2012 summer offerings in POP. If you have questions, email the instructor at richard.vancamp@tut.fi | |||
| Group 1 | |||
| Group 2 | |||
| Group 4 PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE STARTS ONE WEEK LATER THAN OTHERS ON 11.9 | |||
| Group 5 PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE STARTS ONE WEEK LATER THAN OTHERS ON 12.9 | |||
| Group 8 Note this is a newly established group which begins on 10.9. Registration is extended for this group. | |||
| Group 6 intensive | |||
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| Group 9 intensive | |||
| This course, while offered in the summer, will take place under the 2013-14 period 1 course offerings. We will accept 35-40 participants, with those doing the second year of an MSc. being the focus of this implementation. The actual course code will be KIE-34106 Academic Writing but you may enroll in this course here. We will later divide you into two groups taught by Richard Van Camp or Adrian Benfield. |