Scientific writing

The course will enable students to communicate,in writing, in a scientific manner and master this when a project should be communicated and published as a research result. For further qualification in academia there is a requirement for writing scientific articles. This is a necessary expertise since many good projects otherwise halt at the dissemination. Teaching in the course consists of scientific writing, scientific literature, scientific evaluation of literature and ranking of journals, use of references, publication ethics and the publication process.

Knowledge
The student:
- Have a thorough knowledge of scientific writing in form of design and structure, clear and specific expressions, logical reasoning, theoretical basis, use of references, discussion and significance of results

Skill
The student:
- Writes a scientific essay according to scientific standards

General competence
The student:
- Design a scientific text according to scientific standards

The course is organized as supervised selfstudy. Students choose their essay topic in consultation with the supervisor. A Learning platform will be used for communication and submission of assignments.