Academic skills

3 ECTS credits
86 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1021063ANW for working students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

NOTE: registration for this course is only possible for working students. Day students can register for courses whose code ends with an R. At Inschrijven / studentenadministratie@vub.be you must be registered at the VUB as a working student for the current academic year.

Taught in

Dutch

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

History, Archaeology, Arts, Philosophy and Ethics

Educational team

Karin Nys
Gustaaf Cornelis (course titular)
Fleur Van Bocxlaer
Nel de Mûelenaere

Activities and contact hours

8 contact hours Lecture
14 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
20 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

This course focuses on the following question: what is scientific research and which skills should be developed in order to adequately conduct research? The lecture series will mainly treat the process of collecting, processing and communicating information in an academic-scientific context.

academic language
presentation skills
publication types and text types
referring and avoiding plagiarism
text composition
scientific integrity

Course material

Handbook (Recommended) : Academisch schrijven tijdens de hogere opleiding, De pen is machtiger dan het zwaard, G. Cornelis, Kalmthout: Pelckmans, 9789463370608, 2017
Handbook (Recommended) : Eerlijke wetenschap, Waarom hebben wetenschapsmensen een geweten nodig?, G. Cornelis, Leuven: Lannoo Campus, 9789401413312, 2013
Handbook (Recommended) : Goed begonnen, Startersgids voor succesvol studeren aan hogeschool of universiteit, G. Cornelis & S. Laporte, Kalmthout: Pelckmans, 9789028986626, 2016

Additional info

No additional information.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

General competencies to which this course wishes to contribute:

1. Graduates have the ability to identify research issues within the field of the humanities, to interpret source material adequately, and to substantiate personal statements.

2. Graduates can correctly apply academic terminology and concepts related to scientific research.

3. Graduates have a critical, investigative and ethical attitude, reflecting intellectual curiosity and honesty, as well as a positive attitude towards life-long learning.

4. Graduates have the ability to analyze and synthesize sources as well as scientific works from within the field of the humanities.

5. Graduates are able to report orally, as well as in writing, on the development and results of their research to various target groups.

Specific learning outcomes:

1. Students are able to analyze different text types.

2. Students can distinguish different types of scientific literature.

3. Students develop heuristic methods that enable them to find qualitative, scientific works.

4. Students know what reference systems are and can refer correctly using the given reference systems. Students can cite and paraphrase correctly.

5. Students have insight into their own language skills. They use the appropriate language register in an academic context. They can recognize common mistakes, correct them and avoid them in the long term.

6. Students are able to discern the key elements of a text structure and recognize different parts of a scientific text.

7. Students can interpret the notion of scientific integrity, as well as point out aspects which indicate the presence or absence of scientific integrity.

8. Students can summarize one or more scientific texts from their field of study in their own words.

9. Students can communicate research results to their peers in a concise and attractive way.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

other with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Note: test academic Dutch (5%), presentation (25%) and written exam (70%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

If a students does not participate or obtains less than 50% of the marks for the written exam, the end grade is the result obtained for the written exam.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context