Academic Writing for Doctoral Students
Academic Writing for Doctoral Students
Description
This online asynchronous course aims to develop academic writing skills of doctoral students who are currently completing a research writing project, e.g., an academic article or monograph, in English for an international audience. This course offers intensive instruction in the conventions of research writing, including argumentation, style, structure, readability, and academic integrity, as well as the use of AI-based tools to support writing. As a multidisciplinary course, students will also learn to evaluate their own writing situation according to their discipline-specific audience, topic, purpose, writer, and context. There is opportunity for the students to engage with course material interactively in online writing group meetings and/or in a Moodle forum.
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Learners
- Study period
- 6 January – 23 February 2025
- Study format
- Online
- Application period
- 24 November 2024 – 12 January 2025
- Credits
- 2 ECTS
- Hosting university
- Tampere University
Information
Value and progress
Communicating arguments
On completion of the course the student will be able to communicate their own argument using formal academic style
ESCO SKILLS
Structuring academic text
On completion of the course, the student will be able to structure and organize academic articles and monographs
ESCO SKILLS
Academic publication process
On completion of the course, the student will be able to understand the article publication process, including evaluating journal requirements, selecting a journal, preparing a manuscript for publication, and responding to reviewers
ESCO SKILLS
Using AI in academic publishing
On completion of the course, the student will be able to understand how to use online tools, including AI-based tools
ESCO SKILLS
Giving and receiving peer feedback
On completion of the course, the student will be able to give and receive peer feedback on scholarly texts in an interactive online writing group meeting and/or Moodle forum
ESCO SKILLS
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Hosting university
Tampere University
