課程名稱 |
英文科技論文寫作 Scientific English Writing |
開課學期 |
101-2 |
授課對象 |
生物資源暨農學院 生物機電工程學研究所 |
授課教師 |
陳力騏 |
課號 |
BME7905 |
課程識別碼 |
631 M0400 |
班次 |
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學分 |
3 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期四6,7,8(13:20~16:20) |
上課地點 |
知武會議室 |
備註 |
總人數上限:50人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1012EN |
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課程概述 |
While publishing SCI journal papers is overemphasized in the academic community in Taiwan, the importance of scientific writing itself has been underestimated in most graduate programs in engineering departments. Most courses are designed for graduate students to gain general background knowledge and experimental skills, whereas there is seldom a chance for the students to learn how to deliver their findings and innovations in term of scientific papers. Consequently, most of students lack capabilities of writing good scientific papers and only present kinds of superficial works as compared to those in the advanced countries unless the manuscripts are prepared by their skillful supervisors. Such a problem does not come from the language gap, since the qualities of the theses written in our own language are also declining in the recent years. Pursuing the rapid growth in quantities of SCI publications and not valuing the importance of writing are two of the major causes of the urgent, ubiquitous crisis in our graduation education. In fact, writing is an indispensible part of research. Writing enables a researcher to examine the novelty, prior arts, methods, evidences, and merits of his or her own research and is the only way to spread the research outcome to the public. Only good and inspiring scientific writing exerts wide influence and brings impact (not impact factor). To play influence worldwide, the writing, of course, should be done in English. By considering the aforementioned reasons, this course is designed to systematically introduce how to write a quality scientific paper in English. The students will learn how to write correctly, efficiently, and effectively. It is believed that the course will not only help students to publish good papers but also encourage students to contribute quality research works. This is particularly beneficial for an interdisciplinary, leader-incubating program like what we provide in this department.
General schedule of a class:
14:00 Start of the class;
14:00-14:10 Re |
課程目標 |
1. Let students know the essence of scientific research and importance of writing;
2. Let students know the criteria of a good scientific paper and its impact;
3. Let students know the efficient and effective ways for data analysis and presentation, including preparations of figures and tables;
4. Let students have the skills in writing a correct, quality English paper;
5. Help those who have good data succeed in submitting a quality manuscript.
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課程要求 |
1. Attend classes;
2. Join in-class exercises, discussions, and quizzes;
3. Join group discussions and presentations;
4. Deliver personal work plans for the term paper;
5. Submit a term paper (full manuscript) in the end of semester.
6. Submit a collection of >12 paper reviews (homeworks).
* no mid-term and final exams
* additional grading criteria:
A+ will only go to those who submit a SCI journal paper and get good review comments (minor revision or accept) or attain very excellent achievement in the class. |
預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
每週三 15:00~23:00 每週四 06:00~11:00 |
指定閱讀 |
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參考書目 |
1. MJ Katz, From Research to Manuscript: A Guide to Scientific Writing,
Springer (2009)
2. Day and Gastel, How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 6th ed.,
Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, USA (2006)
3. Information for Authors, American Chemical Society,
http://pubs.acs.org/page/jacsat/submission/authors.html
4. http://editing.tw/resource/paper.php
5. 賴世雄,常春藤英文文法(上)(下) (1990)
6. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary, 6th ed.,
HarperCollins (2008).
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評量方式 (僅供參考) |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
2/21 |
Intro |
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