Scientific Writing
| Structure Type: | Course |
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| Code: | TLYS0001 |
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| Type: | Compulsory |
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| Level: | Master |
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| Credits: | 2.0 points |
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| Responsible Teacher: | Niemelä, Margit |
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| Teacher Team: | Virtanen, Henrik |
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| Language of Instruction: | Finnish |
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Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester
| Curriculum | Semester | Credits | Start of Semester | End of Semester |
| T-LY-2011 |
1 autumn |
2.0 |
2011-08-22 |
2011-12-23 |
| T-LY-2013 |
1 autumn |
2.0 |
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Learning Outcomes
During the course the student gets insight in how to read, analyse, apply and produce scientific text. The goal is that the student learns to think of his or her writing as a process and understands the meaning of the different writing phases in the own report. The assignments of the course help the student to become an independent thinker and writer.
Student's Workload
Total work load: 54 h.
- scheduled studies: 11 h.
- individual studies: 43 h.
Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses
No prerequisites.
Contents
Reading of scientific report, writing of scientific text, the structure of the scientific report, the use of sources, the use of referencing, databases.
Recommended or Required Reading
Litterature that supports studies and learning
A finnish basic book on research and scientific writing:
•Hirsjärvi, Remes & Sajavaara (2009). Tutki ja kirjoita. 15. painos. Tammi.
Guides to methods
•Aaltola, J. & Valli, R. (toim.). (2010). Ikkunoita tutkimusmetodeihin 1. Metodin valinta ja ainestonkeruu: virikkeitä aloittelevalle tutkijalle. PS-kustannus.
•Aaltola, J. & Valli, R. (toim.). (2010). Ikkunoita tutkimusmetodeihin 2. Näkökulmia alittelevalle tutkijalle tutkimuksen teoreettisiin lähtökohtiin ja analyysimenetelmiin. PS-kustannus.
•Hurtig, J. Laitinen, M. & Uljas-Rautio, K. (toim.) (2010). Ajattele itse! PS-kustannus.
•Räsänen, P., Anttila, A-H. & Melin, H. (toim.). (2005). Tutkimus menetelmien pyörteissä. Sosiaalitutkimuksen lähtökohdat ja valinnat. PS-kustannus.
•Tuomi, J. & Sarajärvi, A. (2009). Laadullinen tutkimus ja sisällönanalyysi. Tammi.
•Valli, R. (2001). Johdatus tilastolliseen tutkimukseen. PS-kustannus.
On the Internet
•Gradutakuu http://www.gradutakuu.fi/
•Saukkonen, P. Tutkielmanteon tukisivut. Helsingin yliopisto: Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta. http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/psaukkon/tutkielma/index.html
English books
•Huff, A.S. (2008). Designing Research for Publication. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications.
•Huff, A.S. (1998). Writing for Scholarly Publication. Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications.
•Tibbetts, A. (1982). Ten Rules for Writing Readably. IEEE Trasactions of Professional Communication 25(1), 10-13.
•Belcher, W.L. (2009). Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lectures, discussions and assignments.
Assessment Criteria
1 The student has basic knowledge in scientific writing.
3 The student has good knowledge in scientific writing and can apply learned issues in practice. .
5 The student has excellent knowledge in scientific writing can excellently apply learned issues in practice.
Assessment Methods
The goals of learning are measured through activity and assignments. In the assessment the ability to implement learned issues in practice are evaluated.
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