THE
ART OF WRITING SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND PROPOSALS
Cin-Ty
Lee, Rajdeep Dasgupta,
Caroline Masiello; Mondays, 9-10 AM in RM 128
Suggested
Texts
“Elements of Style” by Strunk
and White
Topics
to be covered
1.
Introduction: What makes a good writer?
Structure of a scientific paper and
how to draw an outline
2.
Outlining and flowcharts
3.
Elements of the Introduction, Methods,
Results, Discussion, and Conclusion
4.
The Abstract
5.
Paragraph structure
6.
Paragraph linking
7.
Sentence structure
8.
The art of revising (leave your pride at
the door)
9.
Figures and Tables
10. Proposal
writing
Assignments
1.
Learning by example
Discussions and exercises will
revolve around an example manuscript taken from the published literature.
2.
Writing/drawing your own outline
3.
Writing your own Introduction
4.
Writing your own Conclusion and Abstract
Week
1. Introduction
Art of writing and
outlining (basic concepts)
Assignment – Draw a flow
chart/outline for the following paper
Other
reading
Gopen et al. on how to write science