Universität Wien
Warning! The directory is not yet complete and will be amended until the beginning of the term.

570007 SE Writing Science (2024S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 57 - Doktoratsstudium Biologie mit Schwerpunkt Mikrobiologie und Umweltsyste
Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 12 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The seminar 570007 "Writing Science" will take place as a block course from 8 July 2024 to 19 July 2024, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in seminar room 1.4 at UBB, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Vienna.

  • Monday 08.07. 08:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1
  • Tuesday 09.07. 08:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1
  • Wednesday 10.07. 08:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1
  • Thursday 11.07. 08:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1
  • Friday 12.07. 08:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1.7, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.010, Ebene 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

1) Story telling: How to develop the most effective story out of your data for a paper or of your ideas for a proposal. What are the key points in a good story and what information goes there. We will consider the common elements that define various story structures, and why we use different structures for proposals, for general audience journals, and for specialist journals.
2) Internal structure: how to write paragraphs and sentences that each tell their own story and that support the structure of the overall story.
3) Streamlining: How to make writing tight and succinct. Strategies for identifying words and sections that can be eliminated. We will consider activating verbs and making the language powerful and clear.
4) Developing flow: How to make ideas flow together to keep the reader engaged. Linking sentences, paragraphs, and sections of a document.

Assessment and permitted materials

Classes will consist of a mix of interactive presentations on various topics, and writing a short paper (~ 2 pages) that will be run through peer group analysis and discussion.
Prof. Schimel will also provide editorial input on these.
There will also be some short exercises on editing and condensing that will be done in class.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Students have basic competency in writing technical English and knowledge of research and publication processes.

Examination topics

Reading list

‘Writing Science: : How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded’
by Joshu Schimel
Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN: 9780199760237

Association in the course directory

PhD

Last modified: We 31.07.2024 12:06