LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to
- Produce clear and structured language for an academic text
- Apply discourse conventions common to academic writing in English
- Revise aspects of their writing to improve readability
- Apply strategies for editing texts, based on feedback
Credits: 3
Schedule: 22.04.2024 - 03.06.2024
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Heli Dahlin
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:
Successful participation requires that you have a research topic, have begun your research, and have already produced at least 2 to 3 pages (1200 to 1500 words) of thesis text by the beginning of the course.
This course covers academic writing as part of the investigative research-based reading and writing process for the scholarly field of art. It carries students through a writing process for creating a clear, well-structured text.
During the course, students work to improve their academic texts as they apply writing skills and techniques introduced in the course, such as structuring a text (for increasing readability), integrating citations and applying appropriate citing conventions, applying linguistic methods of argumentation, and reviewing sentence form and function as well as other writing mechanics (as needed).
The course also introduces some online tools that help with writing in English. In addition, students collaborate on writing where giving and receiving peer feedback is an essential component.
Working Life Skills:
Knowledge of research in own field, skills in a foreign language, written communication, information retrieval skills, working independently, critical thinking skills, practical application of theories, team working skills, lifelong learning skills, self-confidence, analytical skills, time management, and self-awareness.Prerequisites: Students are expected to submit 2 to 3 pages (1200 to 1500 words) of (draft) thesis text prior to the start of the course (not the thesis proposal but part of a chapter of the thesis).
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
- Assignments, quizzes, and peer feedback activities 50%
- Active participation in final feedback session and peer review 10%
- Final paper 40%
- Regular attendance (=80%) 4/5 workshops
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
81 h (Small-group instruction 16 to 36 h + guided independent work 45 to 65 h)
Some iterations of the course might be held entirely online. Please check SISU for further information.
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
Provided by the teacher and the students
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Some iterations of the course might be held entirely online. Please check Sisu for further information.
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
2022-2023 Autumn II
2022-2023 Spring III
2022-2023 Spring IV
2022-2023 Spring V
2023-2024 Autumn I
2023-2024 Autumn II
2023-2024 Spring III
2023-2024 Spring IV
2023-2024 Spring VEnrollment :
Students are considered for admission in order of highest number of credits, expected date of submitting their thesis for evaluation, and whether the course is part of their Master's thesis seminar.
applies in this implementation
Background
The main objectives on this course include learning to apply strategies of effective communication in writing in English. We expect you to join this course with the intent to learn and to develop your own academic writing skills in English. This means that, on this course, we further expect you to you use your own, human voice and not the voice of an AI tool such as ChatGPT and the like. In other words, whatever you submit should demonstrate your own learning and skills and should be manually generated with your own, unique human intelligence.
AI Policy on this implementation of LCA-1022
We expect coursework you submit to have been created by you and not by any AI tools. Ideate and write any text yourself. AI tools which generate or rewrite text or change its form, for example translate text from one language into English or change the style of the text from informal style to formal style are not allowed. Do not use translating tools on this course to help you produce coursework. Tools which may aid you with accessibility, such as speech-to-text and text-to-speech tools such as the ones integrated in Office 356 are allowed.
Proofreading is a good idea and encouraged also on this course – but do note that many proofreading tools such as Grammarly and the like rely on AI and are thus not recommended. Turnitin may also flag the use of proofreading tools as use of AI, and questionable originality will also in such cases lead to 0 points. We therefore discourage the use of proofreading tools on this course to avoid needless suspicion of academic misconduct.
If you nonetheless wish to use proofreading tools in a very limited sense to check the accuracy of spelling or grammar only, you can do so, but you will need to append a detailed statement to your paper delineating their use and the extent of their use in your paper. In other words, you must carefully name the tool, indicate all sections which have been checked with said tool, as well as explain which versions of your text have undergone the check and motivate such use of a proofreading tool. Provide this statement in a detailed written appendix to your paper.
Please see assignment instructions in MyCourses for details.
Note
If your supervisor and Department encourage you or allow you to use AI tools such as ChatGPT and the like for your thesis work (anything from ideation to final text) and you submit such text to this course, you must indicate this clearly and explain the use in the text you submit. You may refer to APA-style for detailed instructions: How to cite ChatGPT (apa.org). If you use ChatGPT or alike make a habit of documenting the ChatGPT version or model, the date, and both your prompt and the generated text, for instance, by taking screen captures, and the date accessed. You may be requested to include them in an Appendix later.
In course work, refer to all sources properly using standard citation techniques and referencing.
The Turnitin plagiarism and integrated AI detection tool is in use to assess your work in this course. Questionable originality will result in 0 points and no feedback from the teacher.
Please note that it is not allowed to upload your peers’ text into external systems without permission.
- Teacher: Dahlin Heli