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Academic writing

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SSYS1401
Type: Compulsory / Professional Studies
Curriculum: S-SY 2016
Level: Master of Health Care / Master of Social Services
Year of Study: 1 (2016-2017)
Credits: 1 cr
Responsible Teacher: Kalliokoski, Eija
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2016-2017

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
2S-SY-1Y2016-08-26 – 2016-12-23Eija KalliokoskiFinnish2016-08-22 – 2016-09-19

Learning Outcomes

Student knows how to
-Develop writing skills needed for studies
-Use references to support their own text
-Use the data acquisition methods

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course 27 h, of which scheduled studies 6 h and autonomous studies 21 h.
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.

Contents

Orientation to the required writing style in studies
The principles and guidance for using references
Data acquisition

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Material pointed out by the lecturer

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and seminars as contact teaching, independent and guided network studies

Assessment Criteria

Grade 1: The student
- follows the basic scientific writing instructions and information retrieval methods
Grade 3: The student
- applies the scientific writing instructions and information retrieval methods in a familiar context
Grade 5: The student
- examines analytically and applying the scientific writing instructions and information retrieval methods in a new context

Assessment Methods

The grade of the study module compounds of grades of independent learning assignment. Numeric evaluation (0–5). The assignment is joint with the study module SSYS1502.


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