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Academic and Professional Skills (Science)

Course
2024-2025

Admission Requirements

Not applicable

Description

In this course you will learn and practice skills that prepare you for your time after your graduation. We will work on team-work, practical aspects of science in action, future career options, networking and personal development. The course will consist of lectures, guest-lectures and a practical project in groups. The subject of the project can vary from writing a research proposal, preparing an educational project for secondary schools or writing part of a business plan.

Course objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will have developed a vision for their professional future and know how to work towards those goals.
In particular, students:

  • Have obtained more detailed insights in future career options and where to find future jobs.

  • Have insights in their own inter- and intrapersonal skills and their roles in a team.

  • Have experience with the management and execution of a teameffort towards a set goal.

Timetable

Physics Schedule
For detailed information go to Timetable in Brightspace

In MyTimetable, you can find all course and programme schedules, allowing you to create your personal timetable. Activities for which you have enrolled via MyStudyMap will automatically appear in your timetable.

Additionally, you can easily link MyTimetable to a calendar app on your phone, and schedule changes will be automatically updated in your calendar. You can also choose to receive email notifications about schedule changes. You can enable notifications in Settings after logging in.

Questions? Watch the video, read the instructions, or contact the ISSC helpdesk.

Note: Joint Degree students from Leiden/Delft need to combine information from both the Leiden and Delft MyTimetables to see a complete schedule. This video explains how to do it.

Mode of instruction

Due to the nature of this course, we will make use of a variety of instruction modes. We will also build upon the Science Skills Platform, accessible through Brightspace.

  • Lectures

  • In-class activities

  • Guest lectures

  • Workshops

  • Group work

  • Self study

See Brightspace

Assessment method

Pass/Fail.

The students are assessed on attendance and participation, teamwork and the quality of the final project.

Reading list

Relevant reading material will be provided through Brightspace.

Registration

As a student, you are responsible for enrolling on time through MyStudyMap.

In this short video, you can see step-by-step how to enrol for courses in MyStudyMap.
Extensive information about the operation of MyStudyMap can be found here.

There are two enrolment periods per year:

  • Enrolment for the fall opens in July

  • Enrolment for the spring opens in December

See this page for more information about deadlines and enrolling for courses and exams.

Note:

  • It is mandatory to enrol for all activities of a course that you are going to follow.

  • Your enrolment is only complete when you submit your course planning in the ‘Ready for enrolment’ tab by clicking ‘Send’.

  • Not being enrolled for an exam/resit means that you are not allowed to participate in the exam/resit.

Contact

Contact details lecturer: Dr.ir. J. Cramer

Remarks

Software
Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, the Faculty of Science will use the software distribution platform Academic Software. Through this platform, you can access the software needed for specific courses in your studies. For some software, your laptop must meet certain system requirements, which will be specified with the software. It is important to install the software before the start of the course. More information about the laptop requirements can be found on the student website.