Course Content
The course will have the following modules as outlined below. 1.Ethics in Scientific Communications-Copyrights and Patents. What constitutes plagiarism, copying and inventing experimental data. Professional respect for others. Safety, Energy/paper conservation. 2.Review of Scientific Literature- Planning the literature search, how to search database, use of library, how to share research papers, organizing the literature papers and creating an annotated bibliography. 3.Thesis and Paper Review- Reading a paper, Reviewing others` papers, writing a review of paper, Making use of reviewer`s suggestion, Case studies. 4.Thesis and Seminar Report, Paper Writing- Case studies of good theses and papers, planning the thesis and seminar report, styles for thesis, styles for headings of chapters, sections etc. Organizing chapters and sections. Referencing others` work. Organizing the abstract, conclusions and highlights. Bibliography. 5.Presentation- Seminar and Defense presentation, good practices, case study of good and bad presentations. Slides- composition, styles, type size and color, spacing, presentation of tables and figures, flow of presentation. Timing the presentation, Coordinating the slides and speech, stage fear and eye contacts. Listening to questions of audience and clarity in answering. 6.Laboratory Record keeping- Record of work done, analysis, comments, thoughts, etc 7.Tools- Latex, bibtex, Word, Powerpoint, beamer, xfig, Gnuplot, Matlab etc. Some practical hands-on sessions will be conducted. 8.Guest lectures on Corporate Communications, Placement Interviews etc
Text / References
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