Course Catalog 2012-2013
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Course Catalog 2012-2013

KIE-3377 Scientific Writing in English, 3 cr

Additional information

CEF level: C1 Mikäli opintojaksolle ilmoittautuu enemmän opiskelijoita kuin on mahdollista ottaa, karsitaan osallistujat ensisijaisesti opintopisteiden perusteella. Opintojaksolle ilmoittautuneen on oltava läsnä ensimmäisellä kerralla varmistaakseen paikkansa opintojaksolla. 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 number of credit points they have. Students have to be present on the first day of the course to be sure of retaining their place.

Person responsible

Adrian Benfield, Lauri Tolkki

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 

 

 
KIE-3377 2012-01 Monday 14 - 16, K2120
Lectures
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 

 

 
KIE-3377 2012-02 Wednesday 8 - 10, K2117A
Lectures
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 

 

 
KIE-3377 2012-04 Tuesday 8 - 10, K2115A
Lectures
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 

 

 
KIE-3377 2012-05 Wednesday 12 - 14, K2113
Lectures
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 

 

 
KIE-3377 2012-08  
Lectures

 

 
 4 h/week

 

 
KIE-3377 2012-06 Thursday 10 - 14, K2113
Lectures

 

 
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 
KIE-3377 2012-07 Monday 16 - 18, K2117A
Lectures

 

 
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 
KIE-3377 2012-10 Wednesday 10 - 12, K2117B
Lectures

 

 
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 
KIE-3377 2012-11 Wednesday 12 - 14, K2117B
Lectures

 

 

 
 4 h/week

 
KIE-3377 2012-09 Wednesday 14 - 16, K2116
Friday 8 - 10, K2116

Study type Hours Time span Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
8 h/week
08.08.2012 - 29.08.2012
KIE-3377 2012-03  
Lectures
12 h/week
13.08.2013 - 30.08.2013
KIE-3377 2012-13  

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will have an understanding of the organization of an academic text and will be able to recognize the main structural and stylistic aspects of written academic discourse. The student will be aware of the most important principles of the documentation of sources in academic writing. He or she will be able to produce an academic technical text in English, applying some of the basic principles and conventions of academic discourse in his or her own writing.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The main organizational aspects of written academic discourse: the basic structure of a research paper; developing and presenting a thesis statement; paragraph organization; coherence.     
2. The major stylistic and structural aspects of academic language: sentence structures, parallelism, logical connectives, word choice, register, punctuation.     
3. The documentation and use of secondary sources: direct quotations, paraphrasing, referencing, bibliographies, abbreviations, plagiarism.     

Evaluation criteria for the course

Active participation and completing course assignments, an 'in-class' exam and a course diary.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Other literature           Will be given in class      English  
Other online content                English  

Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
KIE-3200 English for Engineers Mandatory   1
KIE-3210 English Language Exam Mandatory   1
KIE-3220 English for Architects Mandatory   1

1 . One of these courses or the English language exam is required before taking KIE-3377.

Additional information about prerequisites
At least grade 3 is required from KIE-3200 in order to qualify for KIE-3377.

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
KIE-3377 Scientific Writing in English, 3 cr KIE-34106 Academic Writing in English, 3 cr  
KIE-3377 Scientific Writing in English, 3 cr KIE-3376 Technical Writing in English, 3 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
KIE-3377 2012-03 Group 3 Please note that while this course is held in the summer, it is officially part of your period 1 studies. The sign-up is in the 2011-2012 summer offerings in POP. If you have questions, email the instructor at richard.vancamp@tut.fi        
KIE-3377 2012-01 Group 1        
KIE-3377 2012-02 Group 2        
KIE-3377 2012-04 Group 4 PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE STARTS ONE WEEK LATER THAN OTHERS ON 11.9        
KIE-3377 2012-05 Group 5 PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE STARTS ONE WEEK LATER THAN OTHERS ON 12.9        
KIE-3377 2012-08 Group 8 Note this is a newly established group which begins on 10.9. Registration is extended for this group.        
KIE-3377 2012-06 Group 6 intensive        
KIE-3377 2012-07 Group 7        
KIE-3377 2012-10 Group 10.        
KIE-3377 2012-11 Group 11.        
KIE-3377 2012-09 Group 9 intensive        
KIE-3377 2012-13 This course, while offered in the summer, will take place under the 2013-14 period 1 course offerings. We will accept 35-40 participants, with those doing the second year of an MSc. being the focus of this implementation. The actual course code will be KIE-34106 Academic Writing but you may enroll in this course here. We will later divide you into two groups taught by Richard Van Camp or Adrian Benfield.        

Last modified05.04.2013