Scientific Writing, fall 2005, group 11
Advisor: Tiina NiklanderSupervisor: Teemu Kerola
General information
- Course home page (in Finnish)
- Course Description page (in English)
- Collected Advice on Research and Writing - mostly for master's and postgraduate level.
- Teemu Kerola's Scientific Writing course page. This page contains a lot of suitable links Teemu has collected.
- The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. This is a classic book. It is published already in 1918, but most of its content is still valid. Especially the part III Elementary Principles of Composition is useful.
Schedule
| Week | Tasks |
| 37 | Decide thesis topic Literature searching and reading Look for an article for the summary Start assembling the reference list Start making uop the contents (with page counts) for final thesis |
| 38 | Select article to summary (2-3 pages) Get teacher approval for the selection Literature searching and reading Show tentative thesis contents Read summary article carefully, start drafting the review |
| 39 | Show the draft of the summary Literature searching and reading Show tentative thesis contents Decide essay (10 pages) topic Make preliminary contents for the essay |
| Thu 29.9. | Return summary via email for instructor and peer review Return tentative thesis content and reference list (page counts and references in place) |
| 40 | Feedback on the summaries (both peer and instructor) Read, mark down with (red) pen, and grade the summary, give special emphasis on Make final contents (with page counts) for essay Literature searching and reading |
| 41 | Literature searching and reading By Monday: Write and show a draft of the essay (4-5 pages) Write a preliminary version of the essay |
| Thu 13.10. | Send a preliminary version of the essay for peer review |
| 42 | Give and receive feedback on the preliminary version of
the essay Complete the essay using the feedback from your peer Literature searching and reading Process your tentative contents for the thesis Review thesis content with the instuctor |
| Fri 21.10. | Submit the final essay |
| 43 | break? |
| 44 | Literature searching and reading Thesis preparation, 3-5 pages completed Review structure with the instructor Show the references list of the thesis Start preparing the oral presentation, same topic as for the thesis |
| 45 | Feedback from the essay Prepare talk Prepare thesis, 5-10 pages completed Review talk structure with the instructor Review thesis status with instructor |
| 46 |
Prepare thesis, 10-15 pages completed Review thesis status with instructor |
| Mon 21.11. | Oral presentations Duration of the presentations 25 minutes |
| 47 | Oral presentations 1st thesis version complete (some 16-18 pages of text, total 20 pages) Submit on Friday the 1st version for peer review Thesis abstract, classifications, keywords Review thesis status with instructor |
| 48 | Feedback from the 1st version Modify the thesis based on feedback and check the language a mini conference is organised during this week |
| 49 | Finalize the thesis (with language check) | >
| Fri 9.12. | Submit the final thesis |
| 51 | Maturity Exam Check the time and location closer to the exam week |
Tiina.Niklander@cs.helsinki.fi