Study level
BAC +5
ECTS
3 credits
Component
Faculty of Science
Description
Every future Master's graduate, whether with a "Professional" or "Research" profile, needs to master the tools and codes of effective scientific written communication. Improving your scientific writing skills is essential if you are to add value to your work and communicate it to your peers, colleagues, clients...
Objectives
The aim of this course is to improve scientific and technical writing skills. While part of the course focuses on writing a scientific article, the teaching is equally suited to students with a "professional" or "research" profile, as all of them will be required to write scientific or technical reports in the course of their careers.
Students will learn to present their scientific work in an effective, precise, clear and structured way. A la carte" workshops enable students to put into practice the concepts they have learned in class. These workshops are organized in conjunction with work to be carried out as part of other courses in their Master's program (UE Projet biblio, UE Projet PIT, etc.). Course sessions are designed to encourage students to reflect on their own practices and identify methods, tools and tips for improvement.
Knowledge control
Assessment takes the form of continuous assessment, with a number of exercises linked to the various course sequences.
Syllabus
The content of the module is structured around different sequences:
- Writing: general recommendations on the content and form of scientific and technical writing
- Problematize: identify the subject by analyzing it and answering eight basic questions (Why? What? Who? When? Where? How much? How? Consequences?). Restitute this analysis and deduce a structure to organize the document.
- Writing an article/report: the main elements of a scientific article or report: creating "hooks": title, keywords, summary, key ideas.
- Illustration: charts and maps
Application: in the form of small-group workshops (or individual meetings), several methods are offered, depending on the course: preparation of a bibliographical synthesis (problematization) or improvement of an existing piece of writing, including self-criticism.