KIE-39106 Research Writing, 2-5 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.
To be considered for this course, students must fill out this short application form in addition to adding their names in POP: http://http/www.tut.fi/wrclinic/research_writing.php
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Heidi Jauni, Richard Van Camp, Sari Isokääntä
-->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.
Learning Outcomes
This course supports the development of a manuscript for publication, a conference paper, and/or a 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 mentioned 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 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 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
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 |