Science Writing Workshop

Code:

DDOEC

Acronym:

DDOEC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Design
OFICIAL	Communication Sciences
OFICIAL	Artistic Education

Instance: 2018/2019 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Course/CS Responsible:	PhD in Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DDES	5	Doctoral studies in phDesign	2	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The unit has as main objective the development of skills for the writing of communications, articles for publication in scientific magazines and other type of scientific publications, as well as the writing of the thesis.

Students will be encouraged during the last two years of the Studies Cycle, to present two communications in national or/ and international congress and submit at least one article to a scientific newspaper.

Learning outcomes and competences

Scientific communication skills via writing.

Working method

B-learning

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Writing experience in scientific contexts

Program

Appearance, development and structure of scientific communication
Historical examples
Canonical structure of an article (Title, Abstract, Introduction, Body of the manuscript, experiments, results and discussion, insertion of figures and tables, Conclusions, Acknowledgements and bibliographic references)
Channels of scientific communication
Numerical and analogue language
Characteristics of scientific writing
Quality of scientific manuscript
Strategic planning (the three functions of a manuscript; For who we write) basic structure of the manuscript
informative manuscript
Persuasive manuscript
Motivator manuscript
Organization of writing
Index
Content structure

Mandatory literature

Bibliografia ; disponível no site da disciplina

Teaching methods and learning activities

Seminars and forum discussion. Production of group document of good prectice, with the goal of dissemination.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	170,00

Eligibility for exams

Fulfilment of set briefings

Calculation formula of final grade

50+50=100