課程資訊
課程名稱
論文研究及寫作
Dissertation Research and Writing 
開課學期
112-1 
授課對象
理學院  地理環境資源學研究所  
授課教師
張康聰 
課號
Geog8020 
課程識別碼
228ED0950 
班次
 
學分
3.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期四2,3,4(9:10~12:10) 
上課地點
地理405 
備註
本課程以英語授課。
總人數上限:6人 
 
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課程概述

This graduate seminar on scientific writing includes four components. The first component covers the basics of scientific writing such as its definition and purpose, and the structure and format of scientific papers. The second component examines the organization and writing of select articles from indexed journals that correspond to students’ research interests. The third component discusses writing style and techniques, including tips for enhancing readability and coherence and for writing sentences and paragraphs. The fourth component requires students to practice scientific writing. The seminar uses two writing tools, Grammarly and ChatGPT, for this component.  

課程目標
The goals of this seminar are for each student to (1) understand the basics of scientific writing (2) become familiar with the structure of scientific papers, and (3) practice scientific writing using online writing tools available to them. 
課程要求
The course requirements include weekly reading or writing assignments. 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 
指定閱讀
1. Denys N. Wheatley 2021. Scientific Writing and Publishing: A Comprehensive Manual for Authors. Cambridge University Press. (ISBN 978-1-108-83520-6 Hardback)

2. Select articles from journals
 
參考書目
The Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scientific Writing (MIT)
http://www.mit.edu/course/21/21.guide/toc.htm  
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(僅供參考)
   
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作業繳交方式
考試形式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
  Introduction: Course website, course description, references, and course requirements
Scientific writing, scientific paper, and ethics in scientific publishing 
第2週
  1.Sample scientific papers
2.Scientific journals, journal ranking, impact factor, h-index based on Google Scholar
3. The IMRAD format of scientific papers 
第3週
  The beginning of a scientific paper: Title, authors, keywords, abstract, and introduction 
第4週
  The middle of a scientific paper: Materials and methods, and results 
第5週
  The end of a scientific paper: Discussion, conclusions, acknowledgments, references, and supplementary materials 
第6週
  Scientific writing 1: Sections, sectioning, and paragraphs  
第7週
  Scientific writing 2: Varying sentence rhythms, and common mistakes in sentences  
第8週
  Scientific writing 3: Choice of the right words, tenses, active and passive voices, choice of strong nouns and
verbs  
第9週
  Online writing tools: Grammarly, ChatGPT
Examples of the use of these writing tools 
第10週
  Writing exercise 1: critique, edit, review 
第11週
  Writing exercise 2: critique, edit, review 
第12週
  Writing exercise 3: critique, edit, review 
第13週
  Writing exercise 4: critique, edit, review 
第14週
  Writing exercise 5: critique, edit, review 
第15週
  Writing exercise 6: critique, edit, review