Academic EnglishLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

The student develops his/her academic writing skills and knows how to assess scientific writing. He/she also knows how to give credit to academic article writers. He/she knows how to write an effective thesis statement and produces coherent paragraphs and whole texts. What is more, he/she is fluent with the rules of academic writing and applies them into practice. This course supports the final year project writing.

Content

Rules and conventions of academic writing
Thesis statement
Paragraph
Topic sentence
Concluding sentence
Citations and punctuation

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

evaluation criteria: please, see a separate file