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8、gAbouttheScientificLiteratureinEnglish“WSE-1(6weeks)-*WritinganEffectiveScientificResearchArticle“WSE-2(6weeks)csennoneetson2006:WSEismakinganentranceCourseGoals。IncreaseparticipantsexperiencewithwritinginEnglish。Deepenunderstandingofscientificwriting。DevelopstrategiesforcollaboratinginwritingsWrite
9、criticallyand-effectivelyaboutacienitificarticlesinareaofresearchInternationaldoctoralstudentsinComputerScience,ElectricalEngineering,EnvironmentalEngineering,Physics,MolecularBiology,MaterialsScience-varieseachsemester(max.12)csennineetsenWSE-1“ReadingandWritingAbouttheScientificLiteratureinEnglish
10、“CourseformatWeeklyreadingassignments,followedbywritingassignmentsInformalwritingsarepostedtoamessageboardWritingsexpressstudentsreactionsandthoughtsabauthewritingstyleandaboutthecontentFormalwriting:1500wordreviewofthescientificliteratureineachparticipantsfieldofstudycsennineetsenCourseTopics*Week1
11、:Whatadditionalresourcesareneededtodevelopa5effectivescientificwriters?“Week2:Whatmakesforaqualitypaperinyourfield?(discussreadings,libraryresearchsuryey】*Week3:Wheredoesyourfieldconductitsbusiness?(libraryinstruction)。Week4;Howdoyouidentifyagoodprobleminyourfield?。Week5;Howdoyoudevelopalineofargument?“Week6:Howdoyoureviseeffectively?
