Course Identification

Title:

Scientific communication

Code:

20182102

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Milko E. Van Der Boom, Prof. Steve Weiner

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2018

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Tuesday, 14:15 - 16:00, Sussman, Magaritz Rm

First Lecture:

20/03/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; 2.00 points

Comments

N/A

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

15

Language of Instruction

English

Registration by

Registration By:14/02/2018

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

20%

Assignments:

20%

Seminar:

30%

Final:

30%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

The aim of this course is to teach MSc and PhD students with some experience in research, how to improve their writing and oral communication skills. This will be taught from the perspective of scientists, and hence the course will not be about English grammar etc, but on the subtleties of the scientific style of writing, and the art of oral communication in front of a scientific audience. The course will involve active participation both in writing and in giving oral presentations, and the course grade will be based on the quality of the participation, as well as final written and oral assignments.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Demonstrate improved scientific writing skills.
Demonstrate proficiency in oral presentation of scientific research results.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A