Autumn.

This course has a limited capacity, enrolment is based on application. Application deadline is Wednesday in week 33 for the autumn semester. Please see this page for more information: https://www.uib.no/en/matnat/53431/admission-courses-limited-capacityhttps://www.uib.no/en/matnat/53431/admission-courses-limited-capacity

You will receive confirmation of whether you received a spot in https://fsweb.no/studentweb/login.jsfStudentweb no later than Tuesday the week after the deadline.

This is a course with limited capacity and will only be offered to Master's programme students at the Department of Biological Sciences.

The time of the first lecture/orientation meeting can be found in the schedule on the course website or on the https://mitt.uib.no/login/ldapMitt UiB learning platform.

It is mandatory to attend the first lecture.

The course will teach students how to write a master thesis and a research paper, and the structure of classical IMRaD-papers in science. The course includes practical training in scientific writing, collaboration, presenting research, and in giving and receiving feedback on texts (peer-review). 

The course will cover the elements of an IMRaD paper, including text structure, language, citations etc., as well as academic writing and co-writing, production of graphics, collection of data, basic ethics of scientific writing and practical library skills. The students will produce an IMRaD-paper partly with their group, and partly as an individual exercise.

After taking this course the students should be able to:

- write a master thesis in the IMRaD format

- ask a research question, formulate hypotheses, collect relevant data, and make figures

- write scientific text with flow and style, and critical use of core scientific literature

- present a research project in relevant formats

- work with peers to improve a draft text