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2022　Scientific Writing and Reading in Earth & Planetary Sciences

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Instructor(s)
Ueno Yuichiro  Hernlund John William 
Class Format
Lecture    (HyFlex)
Media-enhanced courses
Courses specified
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive (石川台2号館318室)  
Group
-
Course number
EPS.B213
Credits
1
Academic year
2022
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2022/9/5
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

In this lecture, you will learn the meaning and method of reading and writing scientific paper in English. Lectures will cover everything you need to know about scientific papers, the basics of dissertation composition, how to write in each section (abstract, introduction, method, results and discussion), and tools that can be used in writing a dissertation.

Student learning outcomes

Understand the significance of scientific papers written mainly in English in research activities. First, experience practical reading of　ｓscientific papers written in English and practice writing some paragraph and sentences. Ultimately, you will learn how to structure a scientific paper and how to write the sentences needed to describe each section in English.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
Lectures will be given by inviting lecturers from companies that specialize in English proofreading of scientific papers.

Keywords

Technical Writing

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Lectures will be given in English by a lecturer whose native language is English (twice) and interactive lectures on reading and writing dissertations in Japanese.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Guidance 　
Class 2 Everything you need to know about academic publishing
Class 3 Paragraph structure
Class 4 How to write the introduction
Class 5 How to write Methods and Results sections
Class 6 How to write a Discussion section
Class 7 Live edit of a research manuscript by a Japanese researcher
Class 8 How to write an abstract
Class 9
Class 10
Class 11
Class 12
Class 13
Class 14
Class 15

Textbook(s)

none

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Day RA, Gastel B (2006) How to write and publish a scientific paper (6th ed). Greenwood Press, Westport. (Also, Day RA (1998) How to write and publish a scientific paper, 5th ed. Oryx Press, Phoenix)

Assessment criteria and methods

Attendance and submission of work each time (evaluate efforts)

Related courses

  • EPS.L220 ： Field Excursion

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

none

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

ueno.y.ac[at]m.titech.ac.jp

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