Academic writing for master's thesisLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You can observe the principles of ethical writing and referencing.
You can use language tools to improve your text in an efficient and ethical way.
You can analyze the text style and recognize different components of a report, chapter, paragraph, and sentence.
You can write a fluent, grammatically correct, and clearly structured thesis displaying good academic style, typical for your field and your research approach.

Content

What are the principles of ethical writing and how are they followed?
How can language tools, such as proofreading tools and AI tools, be used efficiently and ethically?
How to cite sources and draft a list of references following your own university’s style guide?
How to compose different chapters (e.g. theoretical section, methods, results, etc.) of the thesis?
How to compose different kinds of paragraphs?
How to improve the flow and cohesion of the text?
How do you write text with a good academic style?

Evaluation

The student can
- communicate proficiently and systematically in their master’s thesis in English.