Study Programmes 2016-2017
CHIM9220-1  
Introduction to research
Duration :
Number of credits :
Master in chemistry (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Anne-Sophie Duwez
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
All year long, with partial in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Introductory course: 1. The scientific approach 2. The lab book 3. Bibliographic research 4. Scientific communication A great part of the course will be devoted to the scientific communication: How to communicate results? The writting of a convicing and elegant paper and the review process. The students will write a communication paper dealing with the results obtained during the 'laboratoires intégrés' of the M1.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Scientific writing in English. 
Ability to see the big picture. Communicating science in a consise and accurate way. 
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Personal work (see contents section)
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Recommended or required readings :
Assessment methods and criteria :
Evaluation based on the paper and abstract written by the students
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Prof. A.-S. Duwez Nanochemistry and Molecular Systems Department of Chemistry University of Liege B6a Sart-Tilman 4000 Liege (Belgium) asduwez@ulg.ac.be