Scientific Writing II (2012) Syllabus

Course objectives:
The ultimate goal of the "Scientific Writing I-III" course series is to obtain scientific writing skills that scientists need in order to present their research internationally.The course is designed to provide ooportunities for self-development of students as independent researchers.

Prerequisites:
None
Contents:

This year's course is called "The Art of the Blurb: Mastering Abstracts and Research Summaries ". A well-written abstract is one of the most important ways for scientists to reach their intended audience. This class will discuss properties of effective abstracts using both examples from the literature and work from class members. Students will also learn how to construct research summaries (almost always necessary for science job applications) as well as researcher web-page self-introductions.

Time: See schedule below

Place: National Institute of Genetics, C213 (Building C, 2nd floor seminar room)

Course organizer: Hiroshi AKASHI Participating faculty
Appropriate grade level and Eligible Departments: (x) 1, (x) 2, (x) 3, (x) 4, (x) 5:
( ) School of Life ScienceC (x) All DepartmentsC( ) Other

Schedule:

2/25/ 2013 (Mon) 15:30-17:10: Introductory lecture and discussion "Defining properties of effective abstracts and research summaries" (H. Akashi / Y. Hiromi)

3/4/2013 (Mon) 15:30-17:10: Discussion and workshop on class member abstracts (Y. Hiromi / H. Akashi)

3/11/2013 (Mon) 15:30-17:10: Attractive title/abstract for oral presentations (Y. Hiromi / H. Akashi)

3/18/ 2013 (Mon) 15:30-17:10: Discussion and workshop on example and class member research web sites (H. Akashi / Y. Hiromi)

Grades:
To obtain credit one must attend at least three of the classes and complete all course assignments. Grades will be on a A-D scale.



Participating faculty:

name email
(xxxx[at]nig.ac.jp) 		phone
(055-981-xxxx) 		office
Hiroshi AKASHI hiakashi 6793 C611
Yasushi HIROMI yhiromi 6767 C415


Previous year's courses

 Scientific Writing 2010
Scientific Writing 2008
Scientific Writing 2006
Scientific Writing 2004
Course and workshops on Scientific Writing

 

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