Introduction to research and academic writing

Module title:

Introduction to research and academic writing

Module overview:

The aims of the module is to introduce students to the process, conventions and style of writing academic texts and to enable them to critically present and reference professional and scientific literature and choose appropriate research methods.

The objective of this module is to enable students to:
• Think scientifically
• Choose and apply optimal research methodology for given problem
• Conduct research, analyse and report on data
• Write an professional article

This module contributes to the overall student’s academic development and will prepare them for scientific and professional work for the thesis.

Literature:

Required readings:
1. Lester, J. D. (2015) Writing Research Paper: A Complete Guide, 15th edn, New York City, NY: Pearson,

Supplementary readings:
Wilson, B. E. (2003) An Introduction to Scientific Research, 1st edn, New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc.,
Hofmann, A. (2020) Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, New York, NY: Oxford University Press
Glasman-Deal, H. (2010) Science Research Writing for Non-native Speakers of English, London: Imperial College Press
Research Gate GmbH (2021) Research Gate [Online]. Available at (Accessed: 10 May 2021)
SAGE Publications (2021) Sage Journals [Online]. Available at (Accessed: 10 May 2021)
AI2 (2021) Semantic Scholar [Online]. Available at (Accessed: 10 May 2021)