Class Techniques of Scientific Writing

The CU Scientific Writing Techniques constitutes a training dimension inherent to the research activity insofar as the representation of research is an integral part of the research activity.   It is a central concern of the UC to contribute to the understanding of the role of writing in advanced research, translating this concern into the analysis of the research process and its representation and, additionally, in the sharing of argumentative writing production strategies and basic rules to be followed.

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T1. Nature and characteristics of the research activity; legitimation of research and integration into the knowledge heritage; public character of the investigation T2. Research representation; scientific writing as a form of representation of ideas and argumentation in science; components of a research article; argumentative writing and creative writing T3. Typologies of scientific documents: scientific articles; posters; communications; doctoral thesis project; PhD thesis; components of a doctoral thesis project; components of a doctoral thesis (classical thesis versus thesis by articles) T4. Publication in scientific journals; relevant information for journal selection; peer review processes; editorial policies T5. Rules for citing works in scientific articles; APA style T6. Notes on e-research

.The course work is carried out individually and in groups using concrete proposals for construction and manipulation/analysis of texts.

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