Journal 200-250 words

Syllabus –– Scientific Writing

Introduction and Course Description

Catalog Description:

Practical assignments in writing scientific laboratory procedures, research grant

proposals, and research manuscripts within common conventions and forms of scientific and technical writing. Meets the upper-division writing skills requirement for graduation.

Course Goals and Primary Learning Outcomes

Course Goal:

The goal of this workshop is to develop students’ proficiency in clearly communicating scientific

information using common written forms including technical procedures, grant proposals, and research

manuscripts.

Learning Outcomes:

• Selecting Style Conventions – Students will identify common communication needs and target

audiences for scientific writing and then select appropriate scientific styles and tones to

communicate to and participate in discourse with these audiences.

• Using Style Conventions – Students will communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively within

common scientific style and format conventions for writing procedures, grant proposals, and

research manuscripts.

• Academic Literacy – Students will find, evaluate, and appropriately cite technical information

from journal articles, government reports, online resources, conference presentations, and

personal communication to support their scientific writing.

• Use of Figures, Tables, and Graphs – Students will support their scientific writing by including

and appropriately referencing publication quality figures, tables, equations, and graphs.

• Collaborating – Writing is a process that requires editing, revisions, and resubmission. This

process is honed through practice and the writer assuming the role of editor to improve their own

writing skills.

Formatting and Submission of All Writing Assignments

All assignments submitted in this course must be saved as Microsoft Word or Google documents

using 12 pt Times New Roman, 1.5” line spacing, and 1” margins; pages and lines should be numbered