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Syllabus SCIENTIFIC WRITING AND PRESENTATION - 73915
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Last update 27-10-2015
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Field and Vegetable Crops-International Prog.

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Rehovot

Course/Module Coordinator: Prof Yehoshua Saranga

Coordinator Email: nataliea@savion.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Mechael Kanovsky

Course/Module description:
Basic rules for effective scientific writing and lecturing will be discussed.
The students will acquire and improve their presentation and writing skills through practical exercises.

Course/Module aims:
Critical reading of scientific publications.
Processing and synthesizing scientific materials from various sources.
Scientific writing.
Scientific lecture/seminar.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Search for scientific articles
Criticize scientific publications.
Process and synthesize scientific materials from various sources.
Prepare a presentation
Present the presentation in class

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lectures about scientific papers,basic rules for effective scientific lecturing and writing.
How to search for literature.
How to prepare a scientific summary.
Preparing a scientific presentation and presenting it.

Course/Module Content:
Introduction, scientific paper
Oral scientific presentation/ Critical reading
Oral scientific presentation
Seminar title and sources papers
Working on written seminar, first draft
Submitting written seminar, first draft
Getting peer review about the seminar.
Discussion of written seminars and peer reviews
Revised written seminar
Oral presentations
Oral presentations
Oral presentations
Oral presentations
Oral presentations




Required Reading:
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Additional Reading Material:
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Grading Scheme :

Additional information:
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