Attendance:

In-class attendance is required, so make sure that you can attend on those days when we meet face-to-face. The first meeting is on Monday 10 January 15:15-17:45. Unless the COVID rules change, the course will be held face-to-face in class.  The course has an 80 percent attendance requirement (4/5 workshops), meaning that you are able to miss a maximum of one contact session. If you miss more, you will be unable to complete the course. The final teacher feedback session during week 6 is mandatory.

Your text

As WebOodi states, "successful participation requires that you have a research topic, have begun your research, and are ready to write or have already written a substantial amount towards your thesis." If you have not started writing yet, now would therefore be a good time to start! You will need to produce 2–3 pages of your draft thesis text (1200–1500 words, not the project proposal) during week 1. Pages from the background chapters/theoretical overview/literature review would be excellent ones to work with.

Content

This course covers academic writing as part of the investigative research-based reading and writing process for the field of art. It carries students through a writing process for creating a clear, well-structured text. During the course, you will work to improve your academic texts as you 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, you will collaborate on writing where giving and receiving peer feedback is an essential component.

The purpose of peer feedback is two fold. First, it allows you to receive opinions on your text from your fellow students, which complements the feedback provided by your teacher. However, more importantly, by learning to critically review the work of others, peer feedback provides you with the tools for critically assessing and improving your own text. It is thus a tried and tested method for enhancing writers' ability to reflect on their own productions.

Workload and course completion

This is a 3-ECT course. Please reserve approx. 81 hours for this course in your schedule. Per 6 weeks this means 13.5 hrs per week (in-class and self-study time). This course consists of two parts, Part I (workshops 1–3, first 3 weeks) and Part II (workshops 4–5 and the teacher-peer feedback session, during week 6, not necessarily on a Monday). You can complete the course in the same period (recommended). Students can, however, complete Part II in a later period. NB! Places are limited, Part I 20, Part II 21. You can review the tasks to be completed before each workshop by clicking here.

Grading:

You will be graded from 1–5.

Exercises, quizzes and peer feedback activities           = 55 percent

Participation in final feedback sessions and activities = 20 percent

Final paper                                                                   = 25 percent

You can view the grading rubric for the final paper by clicking here

Shedule:

Workshop 1: Getting started
Workshop 2: Working with sources
Workshop 3: Sentences and paragraphs
Workshop 4: Introductions, and conclusions
Workshop 5: Mechanics
Workshop 6: Teacher-peer-peer feedback sessions (flexible time, not necessarily on a Monday)

Other useful information:

Click here to view ARTS guidlines on writing a Master's thesis



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