Academic Writing (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

• The student knows features of academic text.
• The student knows how to maintain the language and style of their own expert text, taking the recipient into account.
• The student recognizes genres of text related to the thesis and knows how to produce texts according to them.
• The student can make arguments using reliable source literature.
• The student knows how to indicate sources in accordance with the citation policy of Lapland UAS and the ethical research principles.

Content

• An expert's written communication.
• Business style.
• Maintaining correct language and text.
• Argumentation and the use of sources.
• Thesis text types: summary, introduction, results chapter, media briefing.

Location and time

Virtual learning in Zoom.
Zoom lectures in the autumn of 2023. The recordings of the lectures will be on the Moodle platform for the course. No mandatory participation to the live lectures. Some of the lectures may be presented as prerecorded recordings into the Moodle platform of the course.

1. Info 19.9. 17:30 - 19:30.
2. 03.10. 17:30 - 20:30.
3. 17.10. 17:30 - 20:30.
4. 31.10. 17:30 - 20:30.
5. 14.11. 17:30 - 20:30.
6. 05.12. 17:30 - 20:30.

Materials

As an E-book: Johnson, Andrew P. author. 2016. Academic Writing: Process and Product. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.

As an E-book: Sword, H. 2012. Stylish academic writing. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England: Harvard University Press.

 

 

Teaching methods

Independent study at your own pace on the Moodle online platform, section by section.

Student workload

About 130 h of independent work:
- writing assignment min. 30 h
- proficiency tests 1-9, approx. 10 h each

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The course is assessed as passed/failed.
The evaluation takes place when the student returns the last assignment to Moodle. The instructor gives assessment and feedback on the final task and checks that all tasks have been completed.