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Seminar: Academic Publication

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2017-2018

Admission requirements

Free and compulsory for students enrolled in the RESMAAS program.

Description

Students are introduced to various academic publication outlets and the processes and procedures involved in them. What are the major choices and decisions one has to make when preparing a publishable work? Next to content, various lay-out as well as stylistic issues are discussed.

Course objectives

To enable students make a critical and conscious use of various forms and means of dissemination of research findings.

Timetable

African Studies research

Mode of instruction

Tutorial, Seminar

Course Load

  • The course comprises 5 EC and the total course load is thus 140 hrs

  • 3 hours of these will be spent attending the seminar (one afternoon)

  • 137 hrs will be spent on reading and preparing the paper

Assessment method

Evaluation of a publishable paper on a topic of their choice

Exam review

How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.

Blackboard

Yes. Available for registered students.

This course is supported by Blackboard. Blackboard will be used to provide students with an overview of current affairs, as well as specific information about (components of) the course. Please see:
Blackboard

Reading list

Provided a week before the workshop

Registration

Enrollment through uSis for the course and the examination or paper is mandatory

Contact

Harry Wels

Education Administration Office van Wijkplaats: osz-oa-wijkplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl

Coordinator of Studies: Else van Dijk