Gjeldende emnebeskrivelse (sist oppdatert 2023/24)
Avansert akademisk skriving
MET9011
Gjeldende emnebeskrivelse (sist oppdatert 2023/24)

Avansert akademisk skriving

MET9011

The students have to participate actively during all three courses modules. The following

compulsory work needs to be completed during the course in order to get credits:

  • Submit a pre‐course assignment
  • Present an overview of writing styles an a selected target journal
  • Submit 2 reviews of other students’ papers
  • Submit 2 revisions of your paper/article in accordance with the targeted scientific

journal profile based on comments received during course sessions and reviews

  • Submit a response letter to the comments received on your paper

The final assessment will be based on the submission of an individual reflection note (about

5000 words). The reflection note should contain 1) a description of how your paper has

developed during the course and reflections on how and why it has improved, 2) a reflection

on your own learning during the course, and 3) a plan for how you can further develop your

academic writing skills. The reflection note will be graded pass/not pass by the faculty.

The ability to write good academic texts is one of the most important skills of a researcher. Communicating the insights from your research in a clear and convincing way is essential for others to verify, make use of, and build on them.

This course in advanced academic writing is aimed at PhD students with some prior experience in writing academic text and is aimed at further developing their writing skills.

The course will focus on how to write a scientific article of sufficient quality to be published in an international scientific journal of high quality. The students will work on and develop their own paper and give and receive feedback on written text as part of the course. The course will cover key aspects of academic writing ranging from how to identify an audience and conversation to more detailed issues of how to construct sentences, paragraphs, and the different sections of an academic article.

The course will also cover both individual and collaborative aspects of the writing process and the process of publishing an article in a high‐quality scientific journal. Content from the final paper (if it is chosen to be as an assessment form in the course) can be partially used in the kappa/Ph.D. thesis and will require substantial rewriting. A.

Registration for Autumn 2023

Students must fulfill the requirements for admission to the PhD program and the student must have completed a course at PhD‐level in research methods.

Students should have some experience on writing academic articles or have passed the digital course MET9010 “Introduction to Academic Writing”.

In addition, participants are required to have collected some empirical data to be developed into a scientific article/working paper. Students without empirical data at hand for the first workshop would not be admitted to the course.

The course has a limit of 15 participants. In case of demand over this limit, the criterion of selection will be the amount of course work previously done in the doctoral program.

Students must fulfill the requirements for admission to the PhD program and the student must have completed a course at PhD‐level in research methods.

Students should have some experience on writing academic articles or have passed the digital course MET9010 “Introduction to Academic Writing”.

In addition, participants are required to have collected some empirical data to be developed into a scientific article/working paper. Students without empirical data at hand for the first workshop would not be admitted to the course.

The course has a limit of 15 participants. In case of demand over this limit, the criterion of selection will be the amount of course work previously done in the doctoral program.

Knowledge

The candidate...

  • can understand the purpose of academic writing and the concepts of target audience, scientific debates, and conversations in academic writing
  • can evaluate the structure of an academic article
  • can understand the process from conducting research to developing an academic text which is publishable in scientific journals
  • has knowledge about different genres of scientific writing and the functions of the various parts of a research article
  • has knowledge about the scientific publishing process

Skills

The candidate...

  • can identify and set up a proper structure of a scientific article
  • can develop paragraphs conveying scientific arguments
  • can write the different sections of an academic article
  • can critically assess and evaluate academic texts and provide constructive comments for how the text can be improved

Competence

The candidate…

  • can identify relevant ethical issues associated with academic writing and carry out his/her academic writing with scholarly integrity
  • can manage the writing process of an academic article with sufficient quality to be published in an international scientific journal
  • can manage collaborative writing processes
  • can provide high‐quality feedback on the scientific writing of other academics
  • can reflect on and improve his/her own writing practices
  • can target a text to the intended audience,
  • can reflect strategically on where and how to publish his/her scientific research
No tuition fees. Costs for semester registration and course literature apply.
Compulsory

Because the participation in the course is based on developing a draft of a paper with sufficient qualify for being published in a scientific journal, the course is organized in three modules/workshops spread over two semesters to allow for manuscript revision between each session. Each module consists of plenary lectures, group work, individual presentations, and comments on written work.

During the course, the research problem, the theoretical framework, empirical material, discussion, and conclusion will be discussed for each individual project. Between each of the modules, students should do a (re)writing process and submit improved revisions of the manuscript. The participants are also required to comment on each other’s papers.

Evaluation using final survey sent to the participants.

The students have to participate actively during all three courses modules. The following compulsory work needs to be completed during the course in order to get credits:

  • Submit a pre‐course assignment
  • Present an overview of writing styles an a selected target journal
  • Submit 2 reviews of other students’ papers
  • Submit 2 revisions of your paper/article in accordance with the targeted scientific journal profile based on comments received during course sessions and reviews
  • Submit a response letter to the comments received on your paper

The final assessment will be based on the submission of an individual reflection note (about

5000 words). The reflection note should contain 1) a description of how your paper has

developed during the course and reflections on how and why it has improved, 2) a reflection

on your own learning during the course, and 3) a plan for how you can further develop your

academic writing skills. The reflection note will be graded pass/not pass by the faculty.