Scientific Writing

Beginner

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

- Appropriately formulate research questions.
- Plan methodical approaches to answer research questions.
- Research, evaluate, and cite specialized literature.
- Conduct research and write a scientific paper of moderate complexity and manageable scope.

None

This introductory course on academic research and writing aims to familiarize students with the peculiarities, rules, and fundamentals of science and scholarly work. The focus is on learning and understanding deductive and inductive methods and empirical procedures for gaining knowledge. Students are prepared to independently write seminar papers according to the common standards, including dealing with literature and understanding the quality of academic works. Emphasis is placed on intellectual honesty and intersubjective comprehensibility.

- Day, R. A., & Gastel, B. (2016). How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper (8th ed.). Greenwood. ISBN: 978-1440842801.
- Alley, M. (2018). The Craft of Scientific Writing (4th ed.). Springer. ISBN: 978-1441982872.

Scientific paper, presentation

Englisch

2

0

1.0

Presentation, group work, discussion, exercises

4

4_7

Seminar, Diplomandenseminar, Praktikumsbegleitendes Seminar

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