555.002 (22W) Scientific Skills B
Overview
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- Lecturer
- Tutor/Tutors
- Course title german Scientific Skills B
- Type Lecture - Course (continuous assessment course )
- Course model Attendance-based course
- Hours per Week 1.0
- ECTS credits 2.0
- Registrations 10 (25 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction Englisch
- Course begins on 10.10.2022
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
PLEASE NOTE THAT STUDENTS ONLY NEED TO REGISTER TO EITHER COURSE A OR COURSE B.
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- write a formal academic paragraph
- confidently use complex sentences in their writing
- actively and accurately use a range of academic vocabulary and phrases in their writing
- cite and reference sources appropriately
Teaching methodology
In- class tasks, extensive self-study, written assignments and homework tasks.
Students are required to regularly read academic texts in English in order to develop their academic reading skills and awareness of academic vocabulary and register.
Course content
This course covers the following:
- paragraph structure
- features of formal academic writing (including vocabulary and grammar)
- basic academic reading skills
- conducting a literature search
- scholarly practice: understanding and avoiding plagiarism
- citing and referencing (paraphrasing, summarising and quoting)
- introduction to online tools, such as corpora and the academic phrasebank
ATTENTION: after an initial diagnostic writing task, some students will be required to attend sessions at the Writing Centre in order to fulfil the requirements of this course.
Examination information
Examination methodology
Interaction in class, progress tests (midterm and end of semester), writing portfolio.
Examination topic(s)
Academic vocabulary, grammar, paragraph structure.
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Bachelor's degree programme International Business and Economics
(SKZ: 516, Version: 19W.1)
part of STEOP (Introductory & Orientation Period)
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Subject: Intercultural and Scientific Skills
(Compulsory subject)
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6.2 Scientific Skills (
0.0h VC, KS / 2.0 ECTS)
- 555.002 Scientific Skills B (1.0h VC / 2.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 1. Semester empfohlen
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6.2 Scientific Skills (
0.0h VC, KS / 2.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Intercultural and Scientific Skills
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
- Wintersemester 2024/25
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Sommersemester 2024
- 555.001 VC Scientific Skills A (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
- Wintersemester 2023/24
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Sommersemester 2023
- 555.001 VC Scientific Skills A (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
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Wintersemester 2022/23
- 555.001 VC Scientific Skills A (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
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Sommersemester 2022
- 555.001 VC Scientific Skills A (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
- Wintersemester 2021/22
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Sommersemester 2021
- 555.001 VC Scientific Skills A (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
- Wintersemester 2020/21
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Sommersemester 2020
- 555.001 VC Scientific Skills A (1.0h / 2.0ECTS)
- Wintersemester 2019/20