Scientific Writing
1
2020-2021
02035353
Soft skills
English
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
4.0
Compulsory
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Other curricular units of the 1st year of the master's program.
Teaching Methods
Lectures (3 h only) to introduce the forms and rules of scientific writing.
Theoretical-practical classes: some writing exercises (abstracts, figure legends, bibliography formatting) and detection of formatting mistakes and ambigity in scientific texts.
Tutorial teaching by the supervisor during the literature survey and writing of the review paper.
Learning Outcomes
Learning of scientific writing rules.
To gain a thorough knowledge in the area of the thesis project.
Development of skills to search, select, organize and critically analyze scientific information.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Forms of data presentation and scientific communication.
Formatting graphics, tables, posters and scientific papers.
The process of submission and review of scientific papers.
Literature survey and writing of a review on the existing knowledge in the field of the thesis project to be carried out in the 2nd year of the master's program.
Head Lecturer(s)
Ana Luísa Monteiro de Carvalho
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%
Bibliography
Artigos científicos | Scientific papers.