Study Guide

Objective

This course is aimed at students of Master’s Degree programmes taught in English. Please take this course in the first year of your Master’s programme. This course will focus on the development of writing skills needed for academic studies.

The course will focus on: features of scientific/research writing and the structure of scientific articles, the writing process, organization of an academic essay, argumentation, academic language and vocabulary, paragraph structure. Grammatical structures will be introduced according to the students’ needs.

Students will practice process writing and receive continuous feedback from the teacher and other students.

After successful completion of the course, the student should be able to
1) reflect on and assess their own skills and recognize areas of development
2) understand the different stages of the writing process and use appropriate writing strategies for each phase
3) use tools and resources to produce relatively fluent, logically sound, argumentative text
4) collaborate in a group of writers who give feedback on each other’s work.

Content

The course is a combination of lectures and practical exercises.

Further information

A degree student attending the Lapland University of Applied Sciences can register free of charge for LUC studies offered by the University of Lapland, if the studies can be linked to their own degree. Enrollment takes place through the Applicant’s Desktop of the University of Lapland: https://hakeutuminen-lay.peppi4.lapit.csc.fi/web/hakijan-tyopoyta/. From the left hand menu, first select "Study selection" and then "LUC studies YO”, and you will see the entire offering. Choose the study unit in question and register.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass/fail

Further information

Timing
Spring of first year Master’s studies
Tutor
Language center