Duration
16h Th, 20h AUTR
Number of credits
Lecturer
Marjorie Bardiau, Frédéric Bouché, Pierre Cardol, Pierre Tocquin
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This module will cover the principles of scientific writing (structure of a report and a scientific article), the critical approach to scientific information, the principles of searching for scientific information using appropriate tools, the notions of plagiarism and publication ethics, the principles of methodological rigour and the use of data formatting tools.
Table of contents of theory courses
Scientific writing (P Cardol/ P. Tocquin)
Principles of writing and structuring a scientific paper
- Preparation for the company placement report and dissertation
- Principles of scientific writing
- Developing an introduction
- Writing a title, abstract and figure legend
- Presentation of methods, principles of reproducibility, accessibility of data (Data management program, etc.)
- Structuring the results section
- Principle and application of results discussion
- Choice of key words, etc.
Critical and methodological approach to scientific information.
- Sources of information, information search tools (types of resources and content) and development of a critical approach to scientific information (pyramid of evidence, etc.);
- Introduction to scientific communication and publishing: costs, abuses, open access issues, copyright policies and plagiarism, new vectors for scientific communication;
- General principles of scientific information research: initial question, documentary question, choice of tools, documentary languages, command languages, access to documents via databases;
- Bibliographic methods and use of bibliographic referencing software (Zotero).
- General theory on the presentation of figures and graphs of results o R packages applied to graphs
Table of contents for practical sessions, tutorials, etc.
- Scientific writing (P Cardol/ P. Tocquin): application of writing principles
- Training in the use of documentary resources (M. Bardiau)
- Data formatting and graphing (F. Bouché and P. Tocquin): practical work
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Formulate a research hypothesis and put it into context
- Acquire the ability to structure a scientific report
- Develop a critical approach to scientific texts
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Notion of programming in R.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Classroom theory
Tutorials (scientific writing)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
The course will be organized as follows:
Unless otherwise specified, classes will take place in the morning from 09:00 to 12:30 (4 periods of 50 minutes) and in the afternoon from 13:30 to 17:30 (4 periods of 50 minutes).
Practical sessions are mandatory, as they are essential for the preparation of the report on which part of this module will be assessed. In case of absence, even if justified, students are required to catch up on any missed work.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
The slideshows will be made available to students on the eCampus platform.
Written work / report
Further information:
Written work / report
Additional information:
Evaluation will be based on the quality and formal structure of a report written by the students on a topic assigned by the teaching staff.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
For practical writing assignments, students are required to bring a computer (or tablet).
Contacts
Module coordination :
Pierre Cardol
Tél : 04/366 38 40
e-mail : Pierre.cardol@uliege.be
The teachers are available to answer your questions: either during the lessons/practical work sessions given as part of this module, or by e-mail (during office hours).
List of teachers :
Frédéric Bouché (fbouche@uliege.be)
Pierre Cardol (pierre.cardol@uliege.be)
Marjorie Bardiau (mbardiau@uliege.be)
Pierre Tocquin (ptocquin@uliege.be)