| TGTU56 |
Communication, 2 ECTS credits.
/Introduktion till examensarbete för matematiker och fysiker/
For:
FyN
Mat
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 18
Rec. self-study hours: 35
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Area of Education: Humanities
Main field of studies: Other subjects
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
The aim with this course is to provide tools and support to students who are preparing to write a Bachelor's thesis. The student should increase the skill in oral and written presentations. After the course the student shall be able to
- Communicate according to given conditions
- Structure and present information
- Analyze and evaluate both oral and written communication and to act as opponent
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The course is meant to primarily consist of student centered workshops in which various elements of the process of writing a thesis is discussed and based on the students ' own texts. Some of the more comprehensive lectures are also included
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Course contents:
Key elements in the course are
- Scientific integrity
- Information retrieval
- Report writing
- Act as opponent
The element of scientific honesty and information retrieval will: address source evaluation, how to refer to sources, and how to use programs for reference handling. Introduction and background, identification of problems and issues, materials and methods, results, summary and discussion and final processing is the steps of the writing process that is meant to be included. The students act as opponents during the seminars where they discuss each other's texts.
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Course literature:
Språkrådet (2008): Svenska skrivregler. Språkrådets skrifter Merkel, Magnus m.fl. Lathund för rapportskrivning.
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Examination: |
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Written assignments
Seminars
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1 ECTS
1 ECTS
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Absence from the seminars is compensated with a written analysis of the texts that have been discussed.
Grades are given as ‘Pass’ or ‘Fail’. |
Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: TEMA.
Director of Studies: Eva Törnqvist
Examiner: Eva Törnqvist
Link to the course homepage at the department
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