Basic Academic WritingLaajuus (3 cr)
Code: TE00CR87
Credits
3 op
Objective
The aim of this course is to activate and develop the students’ writing for academic purposes, namely, thesis-writing. The students will also learn about and practise using and citing sources. Additional course objectives are to demonstrate understanding of and apply effective paragraph structure, employ academic and professional language, evaluate sources for relevance and reliability.
Content
Writing academic texts:
• the process of writing
• principles of academic writing
• sentence structure, sentence clarity and sentence problems
• paragraph structure paragraph unity, paragraph coherence
• essay structure and maturity test
• evaluating sources
• avoiding plagiarism
• using and citing sources
• abstract-writing and evaluation
Qualifications
English Professional Skills, B2 or level B2 according to European Framework of Reference for Languages