- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Academic Skills 1 4030-AS-OG
Academic Skills for Thesis-writing
• Analysis of MA thesis structure
• Effective presentation skills (oral, written, visual)
• Note-taking vs note-making
• Summary skills
• Academic vocabulary, register and style
• Describing numerical data and statistics
• Sentence structure
• Wordiness, relevance and nominalisation
• Coherence and cohesion
• Proofreading and editing
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, a student will:
• be able to critically evaluate an academic article (K_W01, K_W07, K_U01)
• be able to clearly express their opinions, both orally and in writing (K_U06, K_U08, K_U09)
• be able to constructively discuss their own and other’s opinions
• be able to write an article review (K_U06, K_U09)
• be able to write a discursive, academic essay (K_U06, K_U08, K_U09)
• have raised his/her confidence in approaching and analysing academic literature (K_K01, K_K02)
Assessment criteria
Assessment for a grade based on:
Attendance & active participation 30pts
Short presentation 20pts
Essay 50pts
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: