After successful completion of the course, students are able to...
The purpose of this course is to help students to communicate ideas better and to learn the skills of scientific communication. The main aims are: o to improve communication skills o to concentrate on scientific communication, both written and oral o to learn about how scientific communication is performed at workshops, conferences, and in journals. Further goals include training graduate and PhD students how to access information about different topics, such as research results, conferences, etc., in paper-based publications and on the WWW to write cv's, abstracts, extended abstracts, and articles for acceptance at international conferences and publications (both with regard to language and contents) to review and assess submissions to scientific conferences.
Writing exercises (dealing with content as well as language) will include the students abstracts, extended abstracts, and papers. Presentation exercises include a 5 minutes and 10 minutes talk about a chosen topic. Presentations will be video-recorded and made available to students for self-assessment.
ECTS Breakdown: 3 ECTS = 75h
14h Seminar 10h Literature research and selection of papers 2h Writing of Informative Abstract 17h Writing of Extended Abstract 8h Preparation of 1st presentation 17h Writing of final seminar paper 7h Preparation of 2nd presentation-----75h
Written exercises (Abstract, Extended Abstract and Paper) will be evaluated and corrected by the lecturers with grades. The presentations will also be graded and discussed with oral feedback. For a detailed schedule of the course, refer to the homepage of the course.
This seminary is intended as preparation for the presentation of the own scientific work within master- or PhD thesis defense or on conferences and workshops. Therefore deeper knowledge of the area of study is expected.
