Research writing (in English)Laajuus (4 cr)

Objective

After successfully completing the course, the doctoral candidate will:
- have developed an effective, clear writing style
- be able to produce relatively fluent, logically sound, argumentative text
- be able to collaborate effectively with peers in a community of writers who provide feedback on each other’s work
- be prepared to publish in international journals.

Content

The course is intended for doctoral candidates who are writing a research-oriented text in English. Before the course starts, participants will be required to submit a preliminary task discussing their research interest. Submitting the preliminary task by the deadline is a prerequisite for being accepted on the course.
The course will help doctoral candidates improve their writing for both academic audiences (e.g. articles, research proposals, abstracts, funding applications) and general audiences (e.g. blog posts, response texts) by dealing with issues such as the writing process, argumentation, academic language and vocabulary, paragraph structure, advanced grammar, and style. The course will introduce the basic principles of publishing in international journals.
The course includes a considerable amount of independent work (approx. 90 hours) and will run on Moodle. Collaboration in small groups will take place online (the dates and times for the sessions will be scheduled when the course starts). In addition, each participant will receive feedback on their writing in one-on-one meetings with the teacher either face-to-face or online.

Qualifications

The course is arranged for doctoral researchers at the University of Lapland.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Pass/fail

Further information

Additional information
University lecturer Pia Eriksson, Language Centre
Group size: 16 doctoral candidates