Details of LS5102 (Autumn 2013)

Level: 5 Type: Seminar Credits: 3.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
LS5102 Scientific Communication Partha Pratim Datta,
Robert John Chandran,
Rumi De,
Supratim Datta

Syllabus
Scientific presentation skills
- Scientific talks
- Posters
- Popular Talks
Method: Lectures by the instructors and presentations/posters by the students; videos and text of famous talks, speeches etc.

Writing skills:
- popular writing
- technical reviews and summaries of a body of scientific knowledge
- formal scientific communication
- writing responses to comments
- scientific ethics
Method: Lectures by the instructors and written exercises by the students

Critiquing scientific articles:
- summarising a critique
- formal communication of a letter of critique to a journal editor
Method: Lectures by the instructors and group exercises by students

References

Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 1 Not Allowed
2 IP 3 Not Allowed
3 MS 9 Core
4 RS 1 Not Allowed