Advanced Academic Writing
Avancerat akademiskt skrivande

BME001F, 7.5 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Spring 2020
Beslutad av: Professor Thomas Johansson
Datum för fastställande: 2020-03-04

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Biomedical Engineering
Kurstyp: Ren forskarutbildningskurs
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The purpose with this course is to give participants opportunity to train practical skills within manuscript writing and revision, grants applications and budget work.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• show awareness of different formatting requirements for manuscripts
• show awareness of different formatting requirements for grants applications and budgets

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• show capacity to follow rules and conventions for manuscript and grant proposal submissions
• show capacity to create texts with fitting illustrations and data in a scientifically convincing way, in correct English
• show capacity to make their case and persuade editors and reviewers

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• show respect for deadlines
• show committment to the writing tasks

Kursinnehåll

Free, creative manuscript writing for journal-specific templates, writing of rebuttal letters and revised manuscripts, free, creative grant application writing to a grant source, budget work.

Kurslitteratur

See the homepage.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, övningar, övrigt. The course consists of one common introductory lecture and five mandatory individual written assignments.

Kursens examination

Examinationsform: Inlämningsuppgifter. For a pass, all assignments must have been submitted on time, and executed according to certain minimal requirements (all mandatory sections filled out without plagiarisms).
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Förutsatta förkunskaper: It´s preferred that the phD student previously has participated in one or several of the courses in academic writing.
Urvalskriterier: In case of an excess in number of applications, applicants will be selected in order of registration (first come, first served). Max 10 participants.

Övrig information

The course corresponds to five weeks of work. Images, tables, graphs, example texts etc for creation of manuscripts and applications are available at the homepage. Those who want can use data from their own research for the assignments.

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

Kursansvarig: Tord Hjalt <tord.hjalt@bme.lth.se>
Hemsida: https://bme.lth.se/english/education/phd-courses/advanced-academic-writing/