| Course title | |||||
| 実践機械システム工学Ⅰ [Mechanical Systems Engineering: Practice Ⅰ] | |||||
| Course category | courses for master's programs | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 1060351 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 山中 晃徳 [YAMANAKA Akinori] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Faculty of Engineering | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address | |
| Course description |
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In this course, students will develop the scientific and technical writing skills they need to construct clear and effective scientific and technical articles such as scientific journal papers. They will plan, design and write articles with guidance of faculty instructors. A guest lecturer (a newspaper journalist) will introduce his experience and technique to produce clear sentences and edit documents. Note that this lecture corresponds to a optional course under the department curriculum. ・Provide skills to write clear and effective scientific and technical articles. ・Provide fundamental skills to design contents of scientific papers. ・Provide skills for effective oral presentation. |
| Expected Learning |
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・Fundamental skills to write clear and effective scientific and technical articles. ・Fundamental skills to provide effective oral presentation. ・Corresponding criteria in the Diploma Policy: See the Curriculum maps. |
| Course schedule |
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★Introduction (Lecture #1) ★Lectures by the guest lecturer (Lecture #2, 3) ★Fundamental skills for writing scientific and technical documents - Planning and preparation (Lecture #4, 5, 6) - Designing (Lecture #7, 8) - Writing clear sentence (Lecture #9, 10) ★Fundamental knowledge for writing scientific journal papers - Peer review process (Lecture #11) - Organizing journal papers (Lecture #12) - Effective figures and tables (Lecture #13) ★Fudamental skills for effective oral presentation (Lecture #14, 15) |
| Prerequisites |
| Students have to prepare and review the lectures (60 hours). |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Handouts will be provided in the course. |
| References |
| John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd Edition, Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes, (2012). |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Total evaluation based on group work (40%) and writing assignments (60%) |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Course keywords |
| Technical writing, Acientific writing |
| Office hours |
| Anytime, but apointment is required. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 2/16/2020 1:05:21 PM |