Universität Wien

300018 SE Scientific Literature and Communication for Biologists (2016S)

in Parallelen

4.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 28 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine

Thursdays 10:15-11:45 (group 1) in the Theoretical Biology Seminar Room and Thursdays 14:30-16:00 (group 2) in Seminarraum 3, UZA 1, Biozentrum Althanstraße 14, 1090 Wien.

Class begins 3 March.

Course website: http://writingtheses.blogspot.com/


Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Most modern scientific communication is in English. This course will guide students through the processes of finding, reading, and understanding scientific papers in English. Students will practice writing and speaking about scientific research in a weekly seminar meeting.
Course activities will include online literature searching, reading scientific papers, understanding the reasoning and logic in a scientific presentation, writing various kinds of research reports, and informal speaking on topics from the literature.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Evaluation is based on attendance and participation (60%) and completion of homework assignments (40%). Attendance is required: two absences (excused or unexcused) will be allowed before your grade is affected, and you must attend at least 7 class meetings in order to earn a passing grade.

There will be weekly reading and homework assignments, some of which will include a written assignment to be collected in class. These will be graded and will account for 40% of the final mark.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Readings will be assigned each week.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

B-WZB, WZB, MBO 7

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:42