Scientific Writing - Detailseite

Writing is central to scientific communication and academic work. This course will introduce you to writing and reviewing scientific articles and theses.

We will use a mixture of individual and group work, article discussions and homework assignments to understand the DOs and DON'Ts in scientific writing. Foremost, you will learn strategies that are common to both thesis and paper writing, including (i) how to plan, organize and structure your article/thesis, (ii) how to research relevant literature, (iii) how to write different parts of articles/theses, (iv) how to plan and integrate visual items, (v) how to evaluate articles/theses of your peers, (vi) how to identify and avoid plagiarism, and (vii) how to cite correctly.

In the end, you should be able to communicate your scientific results in a correct, structured, and appealing way, for your thesis or academia.

This course is organized as an intensive block class with 8 sessions. We expect you to prepare each lesson with the provided pdf. Meetings will be used for the exercises, question, and answers. For the successful completion of this course, the following achievements are mandatory i) complete the exercises and homework with the completion of at least >70% of all tasks, ii) submit a final scientific qualifying paper. Please note that completion of at least 70% of in-class exercises and homework are required to qualify for the final paper. 

Time effort: class attendance (2 hours/week) + class preparation/homework (1-2 hours/
week) + assignments (4 hours/assignment) + final report (> 40 hours). Note that these estimated times may of course vary.

During the first meeting the requirements will be outlined and remaining places will be distributed. Participation is mandatory!

For the successful completion of this course, you will need to complete the exercises and assignments as outlined above.

A great part of the tasks include peer reviewing. It means that as part of the process you and your colleagues will give feedback on each other’s previously delivered assignments. The sequence and progression of those tasks is only possible by strictly following the deadlines. Late submissions will not be accepted unless official justification is provided.