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
