The ability to write and to express thoughts in a clear manner is a vital step on the path to becoming a well-rounded and educated person. However, often students who study scientific disciplines discount this very important skill. Academic paper writing is more complex than just writing. Advanced Academic Writing course provides general guidelines to assist students in writing better scientific documents and academic/research papers. Through practice, the students will be systematically trained and their abilities and skills for good academic writing will be significantly improved.
Course Contents
1. How to write a good academic paper from author’s stand point
2. How to distinguish good scientific paper from reviewer or reader’s point of view
3. How to use correct/proper language
Course Objectives
1. To let students to know their problems in writing
2. To learn the basic knowledge of scientific writing
3. To practice the skills of how to publish a good scientific paper
4. To be a qualified researcher
General Syllabus
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Importance and Characteristics of Scientific Paper
Chapter 3 How to Use Library Database to Do Literature Research
Chapter 4 Principles and Grammar in Writing
Chapter 5 Article type
Chapter 6 How to Select an Appropriate Journal?
Chapter 7 How to Organize Main Structure?
Chapter 8 Data Processing and Displaying
Chapter 9 Reference Managing
Chapter 10 Submission and Review Process
Chapter 11 Ethics & Against Plagiarism
Chapter 12 Practice on Assistant Software
Chapter 13 Writing Practice
Chapter 14 Training for Submission
课程简介：
教育的人生道路上，写作和清晰表达思想的能力至关重要。然而，理工科专业的学生往往忽视了这一关键技能，学术论文写作远比普通写作复杂得多。本课程旨在为学生提供全面指导，帮助他们撰写更优质的科学文献和学术/研究论文。通过系统训练，学生的学术写作能力和技巧将得到显著提高。
主要内容：
1、从作者的角度撰写优质学术论文的方法
2、从审稿人或读者的角度区分优质科学论文的方法
3、如何使用正确/适当的语言
主要目标：
1、使学生了解自己在写作中的问题
2、学习科学写作的基本知识
3、练习发表优质科学论文的技巧
4、成为合格的研究人员
