In this intensive course, students will learn how to write an article based on empirical findings, how to design appropriate tables and figures, and how to design an effective scientific poster.
The focus is on academic writing both on a sentence level (i.e., when to use the passive tense, how to create flow, where in a sentence readers expect the new information, etc.) and on a section level (i.e., what information goes where, how to increase structure, how to outline an introduction or a discussion, etc.). The Williams course book will help students write good sentences, and the examples discussed in class will help students provide more structure to their sections.
Coördinator
Dr. Sander Nieuwenhuis
Room 2B07
Phone 071-5273834
E-mail: snieuwenhuis@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Doelstelling(en)
The main objectives of this course are:
to improve scientific writing skills;
to practice criticizing and editing the writing of others.
Studiemateriaal
Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace (9th edition) by Joseph M. Williams (2007, ISBN 0-321-47935-1);
lecture notes: selected articles.
Toetsing
Class participation: Come to class having done all of the readings, and prepared to discuss them; assistance of fellow students through contructive reviewing.
Take-home assignments: practical exercises; on-time delivery of all assignments.
From January 1, 2006 the Faculty of Social Sciences has instituted the Ephorus system to be used by instructors for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. Please see the Additional Rules and Regulations, section 6.
Ingangseis/advies
MPhil students
Onderwijsvormen
Lectures, practical take-home exercises
Inschrijving
Introduction and enrollment for courses of the first semester will take place August 28th 2008. Introduction and enrollment for courses of the second semester will take place in January 2009. More information will be available at the website of the Department of Psychology.
NB: Exam registration will take place via U-Twist, and will be open between a month and a week before the (re)exam. Students who don’t register, cannot participate in the exam.
Rooster
MPhil: General Courses (pdf)