Course Name	Introduction to How to Write Scientific Papers for Graduation
Credits	2
Professor(s)	Name	Yang-Ho Choi
	Affiliation	Animal Science

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

Senior students in the Department of Animal Science must submit a scientific paper as a partial requirement of graduation to the Department.  The primary objective of the course is to help students learn how to write a scientific papers both in Korean and English.  Another is to provide students with opportunity, using which they present data in post and oral formats.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

1. 바바라 민토, 민토 피라미드로 배우는 논리적 글쓰기 [(The) Minto pyramid principle: self-study coruse workbook], 이진원 옮김, 더난출판사, 2005.

2. 바바라 민토, 바바라 민토 논리의 기술, 이진원 옮김, 더난출판사, 2004.

3. 김수관, 구두발표 및 논문작성의 필수, 지성출판사, 2006.

4. 서울대학교 글쓰기교실 http://writing.snu.ac.kr/main.php

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments:  Will be given during the class.

Grading Scheme: Paper submission: 40% (2*20%); Post presentation: 20%; Oral presentation:　30%;　Attendance: 10%

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

1. What is scientific misbehavior: About research ethics?

2. What is a scientific paper?

3. What is tested?

4. Introduction

5. Materials & Methods

6. Data analysis: why statistics is needed?

7. How to express data: Figures

8. How to express data: Tables

9. How to demonstrate data: Results

10. What is a discussion?

11. References

12. Summary

13. Author and Authorship

14. How to present scientific data as both post and oral formats

15. Searching database using the Internet

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel:      055-772-1946                     e-mail: yhchoi@gnu.kr