2024 Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
Academic Writing Practice II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemical Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Academic Supervisor
- Class Format
- Exercise (Others)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CAP.E612
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1-2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Summary of the lecture] It is important for scientists and engineers to appeal their research findings to the society by writing technical papers. In this course, students aquire knowledge concerning the submission of paper.
[Aim of the lecture] This lecture aims to provide students guidelines on how to prepare a well-structured and comprehensive research manuscript.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to aquire knowledge and skill to complete original paper and submit it to scientific journals.
Keywords
scientific paper, scientific journal,
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Every lesson contains not only a lecture but also a short exercise.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Efficient preparation of scientific papers | Writing a scientific paper afficiently |
| Class 2 | Numerical expressions in English | Aquire knoledge about the numerical expressions in English |
| Class 3 | Preparation of figures and tables | Making scientifically correct illustration and tables, visual arrangements |
| Class 4 | Paper submission | Understand the processes of manuscript submittion |
| Class 5 | Peer reviews | Explain peer reviewing system |
| Class 6 | Revision | Acquire knowledge and skill for manuscript revision |
| Class 7 | Authorship and copyright | Acquire knowledge of authorship and copyright |
| Class 8 | Final exercise and review | Checking the writing skill by exercises |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
none
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handouts will be distributed.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge and skill will be assessed from exercises (100%).
Related courses
- CAP.E611 ： Academic Writing I
Prerequisites
Students must have successfully completed Academic Writing I or have equivalent knowledge.