Students are able to use basic management tools for discussion & moderation within learning and project teams.
They apply good scientific writing and style principles in their reports, know the format of a scientific paper, the process of peer review and are skilled in the art of professional presentation in front of an academic or industrial audience.

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The course covers the following topics/contents:

• Scientific writing & style
  • Structure of a scientific argument
  • Evidence, reasons, warrants and claims
  • Elements of a manuscript / paper
  • Citing references
  • The publishing and review process
  • Documentation of laboratory work
• Presentation skills, discussion & moderation
  • Basics structure for delivering effective presentations
  • Presenting through voice, body language and audience engagement
  • Using visual aids

Course materials as provided in the seminar (required)
Recommended reading as follows:

• C. Atkinson, Corporate Energy: How to Engage and Inspire Audiences Paperback, New Leadership Press, 2016
• J. Schimel, Writing Science : How to write Papers that get cited and Proposals that get funded, Oxford University Press, 2012
• M. Northey, J. Jewinski, Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing: Engineering and the Technical Sciences, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2007

Group work, discussion, writing of scientific texts and documentation, presentations

Immanent examination character:
To successfully complete this course students must

• Attend the course
• Participate in group work
• Give a presentation
• Write requested documents
  • Laboratory report
  • Scientific text(s)