Scientific Writing

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Oral presentation of the topics indicated in the sylabus. The presentations will be followed by student activities on the same subjects. These activities include the preparation of sections of papers and oral presentations (elevator pitch). The texts produced will be reviewed by colleagues, according to the process "peer review" of journals. Students will also search literature on their research  subject.

Learning Outcomes

The aim of "Scientific Writing" is to provide master students tha capability for efficient communication of their research work. Students will elaborate sections of a scientific paper and will review paper sections written by colleagues.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Preparation of a thesis. Experimental planning. How to write an article: IMRAD. Introduction. Materials and Methods. Results (tables). Results (figures). Results (the text). Discussion and summary. Title and authors. Acknowledgements. Bibliographic citations and consultations. Writing quality. Expressing ideas in a simple format. Final review. Submission of a paper. How to deal with the evaluators. Oral comunication. Posters. CVs. Ethics.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ruben Huttel Heleno

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Other: 50.0%

Bibliography

PDF versions of the original Power Point presentations. Scientific papers and papers on ethics and methodologies. The papers may vary from year to year. Some of the papers will be the result of the students search.