Academic and Technical Writing

Learning time distribution

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

• Înțelegerea conceptelor fundamentale ce stau la baza elaborării de lucrări științifice și tehnice / Understanding the underpinning fundamental concepts behind the elaboration of a technical/academic document
• Cunoașterea structurii unui document științific și tehnic precum și capacitatea de-a redacta un document pe baza acesteia / Knowledge of how an academic/technical document is structured and the ability to write one based on that structure
• Structurarea unei prezentari științifice / Knowdelge on how to structure anacademic/tehnical presentation

Skills

• Abilitatea de-a analiza critic și prin reflecție atât propria munca cât și a altora / Ability to critically analize and reflects one’s and others work
• Analiza critică a aspectelor legale, sociale, etice și profesionale necesare scrierii unui document științific sau tehnic / Critical analysis of legal, social, ethical, and professional issues related to writing an academic/technical document
• Abilitatea de-a prezenta rezultatele într-un mod concis și științifico-tehnic / Ability to present results in a concise and scientific/technical manner

Responsibility

• Capacitatea de-a lucra singur, de-a respecta termenele / Capacity to work alone and meet deadlines
• Responsabilitatea asupra colectării și prezentării informațiilor prezente în documentul știintific sau tehnic / Responsibility of collecting and presenting the collected information

Online platform

Course content

Course bibliography

Bibliography:Bowman, David, Concise Guide to Technical and Academic Writing, Precise Edit, ISBN 9780988507821, 2013.Lebrun, Jean-Loc, Scientific writing 2.0: A reader and writer’s guide, World Scientific Publishing, ISBN 9789814350594, 2011.Essential bibliography elements will be made available in pdf format on Google Classroom.

Seminar content

Seminar bibliography

Cursul parcurge elementele fundamentale necesare intelegerii, redactarii si prezentarii unui document stiintific/tehnic / The module covers the basics for understanding, gaining the required skills and knowledge for writing and presenting an academic/technical document.

Corroboration

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Evaluation and delivery

Performance standards

General guidelines for each grade: 10 – Excellent document at publishable standards with minor if any required updates. The student has demonstrated excellent critical thinking and summarizing skills with complete up-to-date references and a bibliography used flawlessly in an international standard fully adhering to the academic template. The presentation was delivered at professional standards incl. references, with the student being enthusiastic and using additional props for presenting the work. 8-9 – Very good document with minor omissions present. Evidence of critical thinking and summarizing skills that cover most aspects. Some typos in referencing and bibliography are present. The bibliography contains all but a few relevant references. Overall, the document requires minor updates. The presentation was delivered at good standards (some references were used but not enough), and most key aspects were covered. Some parts require more clarity. 7-6 – Good document with some obvious omissions present. The content is mostly synthetic with little evidence of critical thinking. The summarized information requires more details. The referencing and bibliography contain obvious flaws. Key references are missing. The document requires major revisions of at least one section. The presentation was mostly factual with little critical analysis and few (if any) references used. 5 – Document structured according to the requirements. The overall focus is unclear, with major revisions required in most sections. No evidence (or very little if any) of critical thinking. No academic template was used although the paper follows some structure. No obvious referencing/bibliography style has been used and the cited papers are either not up to date or insufficient to demonstrate the case. The presentation requires major rework to focus it on the topic and to structure it appropriately. No references were used in the presentation.

Additional info

Având în vedere tendințele actuale de utilizarea a IAGen evaluarea studenților va fi orală și va include discuții legate de cod și decizii de implementare. Prin urmare, se va urmări abilitatea studenților de-a înțelege și gândi critic, nu de a folosi uneltele de IAGen. Given the current trends in the use of GenAI, the student assessment will be oral and will include discussions related to code and implementation decisions. Therefore, the students' ability to understand and think critically, not to use GenAI tools, will be monitored.