2017-2018 / CHIM9220-1

Introduction to research

Duration

Number of credits

 Master in chemistry (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

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 'projetsintégrés' of 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