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Course Catalog 2013-2014
KIE-39106 Research Writing, 2-4 cr |
Additional information
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. Students on the sign-up / waiting list have to be present on the first day of the course to be sure of retaining their place.
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Richard Van Camp, Adrian Benfield
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Requirements
Participation in three group meetings to give and get feedback to manuscripts written by participants, together with evidence of completion of a limited number of online modules.
Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
The core activity in this course are meetings of writers in small groups, together with the instructor. The focus of these small groups will be on supporting the writing and editing of manuscripts of participants. In addition, participants will be asked to refine their knowledge and skills related to writing academically by accomplishing learning modules in Moodle on different topics. Students can select themselves which modules suite their own learning aims.
Learning Outcomes
This course supports the development of a manuscript for publication, a conference paper, and or a doctoral doctoral dissertation. It is also suitable for doctoral students and research staff. The development of a manuscript will happen through peer and instructor support in small groups. While developing the above manuscript, participants will also complete online self-study modules in order to supplement their learning according to their own weaknesses/ needs. 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 dissertation. | 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 to publish in terms of grammatical soundness. | Participants will make use of both common (e.g. online thesauri)specialised tools (corpora) in order to edit thri 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 writing group (three times) and evidence of completing sufficient number of online modules.
Assessment scale:
Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Other online content | Course online application | Richard Van Camp | Please complete this form at the same time you sign up for the course. | No | English | ||
| Other online content | Research Writing Online Modules | Richard Van Camp | The online modules are in Moodle2. | No | English |
Additional information about prerequisites
If you have never taken a writing course before and are uncertain of your skills, you are advised to take KIE-34106 Academic Writing first.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
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| Please note you must complete an additional application form for this course in order to complete your registration: http://vancamp.wufoo.com/forms/z7x3p3/ Alternatively you may complete a paper application (provided under "tiedostot"). Post-graduate/doctoral students will be given priority for enrollment. | |||
| Mainly aimed at post-graduate/doctoral students. To be accepted into the course, you must also fill out the following form: http://www.tut.fi/wrclinic/research_writing.php |