Kursens beskrivning

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to

• recognise the organisational and language features specific to the major divisions of a master's thesis in engineering disciplines,
• employ metatextual strategies to produce clear reader-friendly text,
• apply advanced features of cohesion, grammar and punctuation common to academic writing in a master s thesis,
• assess common weaknesses in academic texts and revise to improve readability.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 02.03.2022 - 31.08.2022

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Kenneth Pennington

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period): C1

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Participation in this course requires that you have already started writing your Master s thesis. Over a time span of three periods, students can earn between 1-5 credits by completing a corresponding number of one-credit modules. Each module focuses on the structure, function and language features specific to a different part of the master s thesis: the introduction, literature/theory review, results-discussion, conclusion, and the abstract. Modules consist of workshops (online/face-to-face), analysis tasks, and personal feedback on thesis text submitted by the student.

  Working Life Skills: Knowledge of research in own field, Skills in foreign languages, Information retrieval skills, Written communication, Self-awareness, Critical thinking skills, Analytical skills, Life-long learning skills, and Self-confidence.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  - In-class Participation in Workshops 30%

  - Analysis Tasks 30%

  - Revisions based on teacher feedback 40%

  *Integrated and 1 - 2 cr versions of this course may follow alternative assessment criteria.

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  One credit: Face-to-face meetings 4 h + independent work 23 h

  Two credits: Face-to-face meetings 8 h + independent work 46 h

  Three credits: Face-to-face meetings 12 h + independent work 69 h

  Four credits: Face-to-face meetings 16 h + independent work 92 h

  Five credits: Face-to-face meetings 20 h + independent work 115 h

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  To be announced at the onset of the course.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This course is open only to those engineering students whose MSc thesis topic has been accepted by their department (in English).

  Please note that the course will be organised if a minimum of 10 people register for it.

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021 Autumn I-Spring III,Autumn II-Spring IV,Spring III-V,Spring IV-Summer

  2021-2022 Autumn I-Spring III,Autumn II-Spring IV,Spring III-V,Spring IV-Summer

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=LC-1320

  Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.

  WebOodi

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