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Master SERP+ Programme - cohort 2020-2025
Scientific Writing and Career Objectives (3 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
All courses during this semester
- Transferable skills: Polish course, Summer School in Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
- The molecules of life: from structure to chemical function (3 ECTS)
- Selected in silico and in vitro methods in thermodynamics and soft matter (6 ECTS)
- Organic chemistry (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to solid state (6 ECTS)
- Dynamics of photochemical reactions in chemistry, biology and medicine (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Portuguese course, Summer School in Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
- Solid State Physics (6 ECTS)
- Molecular Energetics (3 ECTS)
- Laboratory of Materials and Surface Analysis (6 ECTS)
- Interfacial Electrochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Interfaces, Colloids and Self-Assembly (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Summer School in Entrepreneurship (3 ECTS)
- Organic Photochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Italian Courses (3 ECTS)
- Introduction to Solid State (6 ECTS)
- Inorganic Functional Materials (3 ECTS)
- Electrochemical systems for energy conversion and storage (6 ECTS)
- Chemistry and Technology of Catalysis and Laboratory (6 ECTS)
All courses during this semester
- Transferable skills: Scientific writing, French courses - 5ECTS
- Nanosciences (6 ECTS)
- Nanoparticles and Advanced radiation therapies (6 ECTS)
- Fundamentals in data science and machine learning (3 ECTS)
- Femtochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Chemistry for renewable energy: from advanced research to industrial applications (6 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Scientific writing, Polish courses (6 ECTS)
- Lanthanide luminescence: Application in chemistry and biology (6 ECTS)
- Introduction to Data Sciences (3 ECTS)
- Environmental photochemistry (3 ECTS)
- Computational and quantum photochemistry (6 ECTS)
- Applied photochemistry and luminescence spectroscopy (6 ECTS)
- Scientific Writing and Career Objectives (3 ECTS)
- Portuguese course (3 ECTS)
- Nanotechnologies, Micro and Nano-fabrication (6 ECTS)
- Materials Properties and Applications (6 ECTS)
- Electrochemical Technology (6 ECTS)
- Data Science Basics (3 ECTS)
- Bionanotechnology (3 ECTS)
- Transferable skills: Scientific Writing Industrial Seminars (3 ECTS)
- Surface Science and Nanostructuring at Surfaces (6 ECTS)
- Polymers for electronics and energy harvesting (6 ECTS)
- Laboratory on device building (3 ECTS)
- Italian Courses (3 ECTS)
- Data Science and Applications to Chemistry (3 ECTS)
- Composite materials for biomedical applications (6 ECTS)
Content
- Writing, communication and publication in science: types and structure of scientific texts; scientific language; organization and interpretation of scientific articles; science divulgation; research and organization of bibliography; submission process and peer-review process of publications; scientific ethics in writing.
- Career management and objectives: preparation of curricula, motivation letters and interviews; strategies for problem solving in teams; team negotiation and decision making; time management.
- Presentation and discussion of individual scientific/professional interests by students regarding their future career.
Aims
This course aims at the development of transversal and transferable competences of students with regard to techniques of scientific writing, communication and publishing (and associated ethical issues), as well as strategies and techniques for professional career management and development.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:
- know, understand and apply effective processes of scientific writing and publication;
- develop skills of rigor, objectivity, critical thinking, creativity and scientific ethics;
- understand, develop and adapt appropriate strategies for the effective pursuit of career objectives in the professional world (academic, industrial and business);
- develop and apply efficient processes of oral scientific communciation.
Recommended Books
- Lebrun, J.-L. Scientific Writing: A reader and writer’s guide, 1ª Ed.; World Scientific: 2007.
- Cargill, M.; O’Connor, P. Writing Scientific Research Articles – Strategy and Steps; 1ª Ed.; Wiley-Blackwell: 2009.
- Maskill, R., & Race, I. (n.d.). Personal and Professional Development for Scientists. Retrieved from http://www.uea.ac.uk/che/ppds/
Teaching Staff
Eduardo Marques (responsible)
Eulália Pereira
Carla Morais
Hours
21 h (lectures + discussion classes)
Grading System
The program of this course will be implemented through classes and activities of different formats: theoretical exposition; individual and collective practical exercises; analysis of case-studies; database query tutorial modules of database searches; debates; oral presentations and their discussion.
The assessment is of distributed type, without final exam.
The final grade is calculated as follows: practical writing exercises and scientific communication (60%); practical exercises of career management/objectives (40%).