Universität Wien

300443 SE+UE Scientific writing: abstracts and articles (2009W)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work

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max. 15 participants
Language: English

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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 07.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Thursday 08.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Friday 09.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Monday 12.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Tuesday 13.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Wednesday 14.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Thursday 15.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Friday 16.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Monday 19.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Tuesday 20.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Wednesday 21.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Thursday 22.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer
  • Friday 23.10. 08:30 - 10:00 Konferenzzimmer

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Aims, contents and method of the course

Scientists communicate in many different ways (textbooks, museum exhibits, interviews, ...) but in one sense the real job is to produce the articles and the summaries (abstracts) by which we communicate among ourselves and evaluate each other.
This course will "deconstruct" these two as if they were art forms, which, in a way, they are. We will read and analyze famous examples of successful articles (e.g., Watson and Crick, Nature, 1954) and also separate out the parts of good articles and abstracts to understand how they do what they are intended to do. The course will discuss other people's examples,
and the SE course will involve students writing abstracts or a short article of their own and also criticizing the writing of others.

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