300101 SE Scientific Writing Workshop (2023W)

This course enables participants who already have a basic knowledge of scientific writing in the field of biology (e.g. structure of scientific papers/articles and basics of scientific writing) to independently write text parts of a scientific paper, to revise them and to reflect on these revisions under experienced guidance. The course does not require any special prerequisites - however, participation in the basic course "300171 UE Science Writing & Communication" is recommended if no corresponding basic knowledge from a comparable course is available. The course comprises a short review of the basics, exercises about mindful reading, a general discussion on the process of publishing as well as exercises on writing, reviewing and revising a title page, an abstract and an introduction on scientific topic selected by the participant. This, each participant is requested to have an on topic (e.g. existing master thesis topic, any other topic of interest) at hand at the beginning of the course. Consequently, the participants will be familiarized with the review process of scientific texts in the field of biology and should be able to write more efficient texts that will be reviewed more positively.