Course title
英文ライティング・研究倫理   [English writing and Ethics]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year   Semester YearLong 
Course type YearLong  Course code L20402
Instructor(s)
一條 洋子   [ICHIJO Yoko]
Facility affiliation Organization for WISE Program Office   Email address

Course description
■Lecturer: Prof.Ken Giles (UC Davis, USA)
■Description: Dr. Ken Giles, who specializes in Agricultural Engineering, has taught scientific writing at the Graduate School in UC Davis for years. He will provide the same and customized lectures for TUAT students. Students improve English skill for writing and oral presentation through practical exercises. They also learn how to plan, execute, and develop research projects and deepen the understandings of the ethics of scientific research.
Expected Learning
Students are expected to develop their ability to make a research plan, apply for grants, conduct the research ethically and efficiently, collaborate with companies, and publish or present the results to the readers or audiences clearly and precisely.
Course schedule
【Updated: Oct/15/2018】
○Lecture will be given by satellite & on-site.
○Schedule of satellite lectures: 1st period on every Thursday
 Lec.1 Oct 18
 Lec.2 Oct 25
 Lec.3 Nov 01
 Lec.4 Nov 08
 Lec.5 Nov 15
 Lec.6 Nov 29
 Lec.7 Dec 13
 Lec.8 Jan 10
 Lec.9 Jan 17
 Spare Jan 24
○Schedule of on-site lecture
 Lec 10&11 Mar 4 (Mon) p.m.
 Lec 12&13 Mar 5 (Tue) a.m.
 Lec 14&15 Mar 6 (Wed) a.m.
○Office Hour
 Mar 5 (Tue) p.m.
 Mar 6 (Wed) p.m.
 Mar 7 (Thu) a.m.-


【Tentative Schedule for 2018 (Updated: Apr/2018】
○ Lecture will be given by either only satellite or satellite & on-site.
○ Schedule of satellite lectures: 1st period on every Thursday
 Lec.1 Oct 18
 Lec.2 Oct 25
 Lec.3 Nov 01
 Lec.4 Nov 08
 Lec.5 Nov 15
 Lec.6 Nov 29
 Lec.7 Dec 13
 Lec.8 Dec 20
 Lec.9 Jan 10
Lec.10 Jan 17
Lec.11 Jan 24
Lec.12 Jan 31
Lec.13 Feb 07
Lec.14 Feb 14
Lec.15 Feb 21
 (Supplemental) Feb 28
○ Schedule of the on-site lecture will be early March, in the case it will be held.
〇 Students will be able to use Office Hour (Tutorial hour) to talk with the lecturer.
〇 Venue
 Satellite lectures will be held at both of Fuchu and Koganei campus. It will be announced later.
○ Topics (plan)
English writing skills, research proposal, research grant application, lab notebook, patent, non-disclosure agreement, agreements for collaborative research, research ethics and responsibility, paper and report, paper publication and review, open access journals, Impact Factor, academic and professional presentation, feedback for presenters etc.
Prerequisites
Students may be allowed to be absent for three times for unavoidable circumstances, but the oral presentation should be done by even using office hour or other opportunities.
Required Text(s) and Materials
References
Assessment/Grading
■Active participation and contribution to the course: 30%
■Contents and skill of writing assignments: 20%
■Contents and skill of oral presentation and also reviewing the others’ presentations: 50%
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
English
Language Subject
Last update
10/15/2018 8:44:35 PM