Course
Information Updated on 2010-05-31
799A01 Introduction to advanced academic
studies
For international master students in
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Notice Board:
2010-05-31
From
2010-06-01, I am not responsible for the course 799A01, Introduction
to advanced academic studies, for international master students of Faculty of Arts
and Sciences. Please contact the responsible person of your programme for
information on 799A01.
2009-10-28
For the students who missed some or all lectures and
seminars:
Seminars 1 and 2 have been scheduled. Please find your
name from the following lists. Please note that the lists are not the same as
the lists for the library seminar groups. Please read the notice 2009-10-14 for
the information on the assignments.
If you only need to attend one seminar and cannot
remember which one you should attend, please check the following list. Please
note that this list does not show which seminar group you are assigned to.
Students who
have registered for seminars.pdf
2009-10-14
For the students who missed some or all lectures and
seminars:
The information on the assignments for Seminars 1 and
2 on academic writing can be found in the following file:
Assignments_for_seminars_in_period_2.pdf
Seminars 1 and 2 will be arranged in weeks 46 – 48.
Please check further notices for the schedule.
Please note that Seminars 1 and 2 of 799A01 correspond
to Seminars 2 and 3 of TGTU39. You should not do the assignments of TGTU39,
since you should not attend Seminars 2 and 3 of TGTU39.
For the students who missed some or all lectures and seminars:
Due to the increased number of students and the
limited space, the library seminar should be run with 2 seminar groups at
different times. The time schedule is changed to:
The time for library seminar group 1 is Wednesday,
2009-10-07, at 15.15-
The time for library seminar group 2 is Wednesday,
2009-10-07, at 17.15-
Please find your name from the following lists of the
groups and attend the seminar for your group.
Library_seminar_attendance_Group_1.pdf
Library_seminar_attendance_Group_2.pdf
2009-09-16
For the students who missed some or all lectures and
seminars:
Please check your name in the following registration
list for seminars. If it is not correct or your name is missing, please contact
me qin-zhong.ye@liu.se.
Students
who have registered for seminars.pdf (updated on 2009-10-21)
2009-09-10
For the students who missed some or all lectures and
seminars:
You should try to attend the lectures of TGTU39. You
can find more information and the schedule of the lectures from the website:
www.ida.liu.se\~TGTU39
. If the scheduled lectures of TGTU39 are clashed with your other courses, you
should try to solve the problem by yourself. The requirement is that you should
attend at least 3 lectures. Please remember to put your programme name, name,
person number and signature on the attendance list when you attend a lecture.
Please note that you don’t need to register for TGTU39, because you are
registered for 799A01.
I will arrange a library seminar in weeks 40-41 and 2
academic writing seminars (seminar 1 and seminar 2) in weeks 46-47 for you. Please
send an email to me (qin-zhong.ye@liu.se)
to register for the 3 seminars (or the ones you missed) before September 18,
2009. Please put “799A01 seminars” as your email subject and indicate your
programme name, person number and which seminars you want to attend in your
email. I will try to arrange the seminars to avoid clashes with your other
courses. The requirement is that you should attend all 3 seminars and hand in 2
assignments. Please check the schedule for the seminars on this website before
week 40 and week 46.
2009-08-21
Please note that the library seminar time for group 2
and group 3 has been changed due to a conflict in the schedule. The new time of
library seminar for group 2 is Tuesday
(2009-08-25), 10.15-12.00. The new time of library seminar for
group 3 is Tuesday (2009-08-25), 13.15-15.00.
2009-08-20
Please find your name in the following lists of
seminar groups. You should submit your assignment and attend seminars according
to the lists. Please note that students of some programmes are assigned to 2
seminar groups.
Seminar groups:
Group 1 seminar_group_1.pdf
Group 2 seminar_group_2.pdf
(updated with a new library seminar time)
Group 3 seminar_group_3.pdf
(updated with a new library seminar time)
Group 4 seminar_group_4.pdf
Group 5 seminar_group_5.pdf
Group 6 seminar_group_6.pdf
2009-08-17
Assignments for the seminars 1 and 2: Assignments_for_seminars.pdf.
Please find your name in the student lists of seminar groups
before attending seminars and submitting your assignments.
The student lists of seminar groups will
be available on this website on Friday, 2009-08-21.
Links to the articles:
Blueprint_for_a_better_planet.pdf
2009-06-01
If you are an
international master student of Faculty of Arts and Sciences registered in 2008
and have missed some lectures and seminars of 799A01 in 2008, you should try to
attend the lectures and seminars of 799A01 in 2009. The course begins on August
17, 2009. Please see the schedule Schedule_799A01_2009.pdf.
Please add your name into the attendance list, mark “
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Number of credit points: 3
Scheduled
lecture time: 12 hours (6 lectures)
Scheduled
seminar time: 6 hours (3 seminars)
Recommended
self-study time: 45 hours
Aim:
The aim of this course is to prepare
the students for academic studies on a high level and also to let the students
learn the academic culture in general. A basic ambition is to supply essential
tools to the students on the master’s level in Sweden. The course should
facilitate the transition from the consumption of science to the production of
science. After the course, the students should:
Contents of the
course:
Course
organization:
The course has scheduled 6 lectures and 3 seminars. The 3 seminars (2 academic writing seminars and 1 library seminar) are held in smaller groups (about 20 to 30 participants in each seminar group). There are assignments for the academic writing seminars (Seminars 1 and 2).
Course requirement:
The students are required to
attend at least 4 lectures and all 3 seminars.
Examiner of the course:
Email: qin-zhong.ye@liu.se
Tel: 011-363260
There are 3 seminars: Seminar1, Seminar 2 (for Academic
writing) and Library seminar. Each student will be assigned to a seminar group.
The student lists of seminar groups will be available on this website before
Monday, 2009-08-24.
Links to some maps to help you find the classrooms:
Map of Campus Valla: http://www.liu.se/polopoly/basfakta/kartor/kartorli/valla.pdf
Links to maps of
buildings of LiU: http://www.liu.se/om-liu/till-liu/kartor/larosalar (This
website is in Swedish. Please click on “Visa”( which means “Show” in Swedish)
to view the map of each building.)
Lecture notes:
L1_Student_centered_learning.pdf
L2_Higher Education in
Sweden.pdf
L2_Towards_equal_opportunities.pdf
L3_Academic_Writing
_lecture_1.pdf
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