2023 Faculty Courses School of Science Undergraduate major in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Scientific Writing and Reading in Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Yuichiro Ueno / John William Hernlund
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive (理学院 地球惑星科学系, 石川台2号館, 318室)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- EPS.B213
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In this lecture, you will learn the meaning and method of reading and writing scientific paper in English. Lectures will cover everything you need to know about scientific papers, the basics of dissertation composition, how to write in each section (abstract, introduction, method, results and discussion), and tools that can be used in writing a dissertation.
Course description and aims
Understand the significance of scientific papers written mainly in English in research activities. First, experience practical reading of ｓscientific papers written in English and practice writing some paragraph and sentences. Ultimately, you will learn how to structure a scientific paper and how to write the sentences needed to describe each section in English.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
Lectures will be given by inviting lecturers from companies that specialize in English proofreading of scientific papers.
Keywords
Technical Writing
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures will be given in English by a lecturer whose native language is English (twice) and interactive lectures on reading and writing dissertations in Japanese.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance | |
| Class 2 | Everything you need to know about academic publishing | |
| Class 3 | Paragraph structure | |
| Class 4 | How to write the introduction | |
| Class 5 | How to write Methods and Results sections | |
| Class 6 | How to write a Discussion section | |
| Class 7 | Live edit of a research manuscript by a Japanese researcher | |
| Class 8 | How to write an abstract | |
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| Class 10 | ||
| Class 11 | ||
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| Class 15 |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
none
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Day RA, Gastel B (2006) How to write and publish a scientific paper (6th ed). Greenwood Press, Westport. (Also, Day RA (1998) How to write and publish a scientific paper, 5th ed. Oryx Press, Phoenix)
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance and submission of work each time (evaluate efforts)
Related courses
- EPS.L220 ： Field Excursion
Prerequisites
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
ueno.y.ac[at]m.titech.ac.jp