| Title: |
Scientific and Technical Writing |
| Short Code: |
ScTWrit |
| ECTS Credits: |
3 |
| UAS: |
HSLU
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| Organizer Details: |
Rotkreuz HSLU-I |
| Evaluation: |
Student performance will be judged on writing three individual assignments. - A literature review
- A research methodology
- An abstract
Students will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis.
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| Decision Date: |
12 February 2024 |
| Start Date: |
15 February 2024 |
| End Date: |
1 June 2024 |
| Date Details: |
The two day course will take place on February 15 and February 16 2024. All other dates will be arranged in class.
Students can enroll until February 12 2024. |
| Type: |
Lecture, Peer-to-Peer feedback, and individual coaching |
| Language(s): |
EN |
| Description (max. 300 characters): |
During the block lessons, students will learn the following: - Writing Basics: paragraphs, punctuation and sentences
- Types of argumentation
- Audience analysis
- Emphasizing information
- Documenting sources
- Collaborative Writing and Peer Review
- Editing and Proofreading
Other topics that could be addressed involve submission planning, and article development. The course will be conducted using an interactive style that expose students to writing examples. The lessons will be conducted through part lecture and part workshop. Students will be taught using both inductive and deductive approaches to writing and communication. During the coaching sessions, students will meet with the instructor once or twice per month to present and discuss their progress on each of the four assignments. The coaching sessions may be online over Zoom.
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| Contents and Learning Objectives: |
This course will teach students to write English academic papers. It will prepare students to write and publish academic and scientific journal articles as well as master's theses. Students will focus on writing: - Literature reviews (summaries, and paraphrasing),
- Methodologies and results,
- Discussions and Conclusions,
- Abstracts
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| Admission: |
If there are fewer than three registrations, then the course will only consist of coaching. If there are more than four registrations, the block lessons will run as planned. |
| Literature: |
Course material will consist of slides and other media.
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| Conditions: |
Students should have a B2 level in English or higher.
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| Contact: |
Benjamin Haymond (benjamin.haymond@hslu.ch) or
Jasmine Neff / MSE Informatik (mse.informatik@hslu.ch) |
| Contact Person E-Mail: |
benjamin.haymond@hslu.ch |
| Status: |
registration open
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| Specialization: |
Business Engineering and Production (BEP)
Energy and Environment (EE)
Industrial Technologies (InT)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Civil Engineering & Building Technology (CEBT)
Geomatics (GEO)
Spatial Development & Landscape Architecture (SDLA)
Aviation (Avi)
Business Engineering (BE)
Building Technologies (BT)
Civil Engineering (CE)
Computer Science (CS)
Data Science (DS)
Electrical Engineering (ElE)
Energy & Environment (EnEn)
Geomatics (Geo)
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Mechatronics & Automation (MA)
Medical Engineering (Med)
Photonics (Pho)
Raumentwicklung & Landschaftsarchitektur (ReLa)
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