Course
Information Updated on 2008-11-19
799A01 / TGTU39
Introduction to
advanced academic studies
For international master students in
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the course code is 799A01.
For international master students in
the
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Notice Board:
2008-11-19: Seminar time changed (This notice
is only for students of seminar group 4.)
The time of seminar 1 for group 4 is changed to Monday
of week 48, 2008-11-24, 8:15-10:00, in S6. The time in Group_4_student_list.pdf
is updated. The university’s schedule is also updated.
2008-11-17: Submission of Assignment 2 (for
students of the
The deadline for submitting Assignment 2 is Wednesday of week 47, 2008-11-19, at 8.59pm.
The instructions for what to do in assignment 2
(review) are on a slide in Academic writing II (See the notice on 2008-11-03),
while the guidelines for how to do a review are given in Academic writing III
(see the notice on 2008-11-06).
The same submission procedure as for assignment 1
applies for no. 2.
2008-11-10: Seminar time changed (This notice
is only for students of seminar group 7.)
The time of seminar 1 for group 7 is changed to
Tuesday of week 48, 2008-11-25, 8:15-10:00, in S2. The time in Group_7_student_list.pdf is updated. The
university’s schedule is also updated.
2008-11-06: Lecture notes for the lecture on
Monday of week 46
Academic Writing III (3-up and 6-up versions):
tgtu39-academic_writing_III-3up.pdf
tgtu39-academic_writing_III-6up.pdf
2008-11-06: Detailed Instructions for
Assignment 1 (for students of the
tgtu39-instruction_assignment_1.pdf
The deadline for submitting Assignment 1 is Wednesday
of week 46, 2008-11-12, at 8.59pm. Please read all the instructions carefully.
For questions about the assignment, contact Juha Takkinen juhta@ida.liu.se.
Seminar groups, instructors, and assignment
submission e-mails:
Seminar group 1: Juha
Takkinen, juhta.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar
group 2: Jalal Maleki, jma.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar
group 3: Jose M. Peña, jospe.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar group 4:
Juha Takkinen, juhta.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar
group 5: Jalal Maleki, jma.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar
group 6: Jose M. Peña, jospe.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar
group 7: Jose M. Peña, jospe.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar
group 8: Jalal Maleki, jma.liu@analys.urkund.se
Seminar group 9:
Juha Takkinen, juhta.liu@analys.urkund.se
2008-11-04: Seminars for students of the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences (Course code: 799A01)
(This notice is only for students of
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who need to attend one or two seminars in
Period 2 (weeks 43-50.)
Senimar 1
(two alternative time slots):
Week 47, Monday, 2008-11-17,
10:15-12:00, classroom S3.
Week 47, Tuesday, 2008-11-18,
8:15-10:00, classroom S3.
Senimar 2
(two alternative time slots):
Week 48, Monday, 2008-11-24,
14:15-16:00, classroom S3.
Week 48, Tuesday, 2008-11-25,
13:15-15:00, classroom S3.
Please select
any one time slot for seminar 1 and seminar 2, respectively, and send an email
to qinye@itn.liu.se to register for the seminars.
The
instructions on the seminar assignments for the students of the Faculty of Arts
and Science (Course code: 799A01) are different from that for the students of
the
2008-11-03: Lecture notes for the lecture on
Wednesday of week 45
Academic Writing II with instructions on seminar
assignments (3-up and 6-up versions):
Please note that the instructions on
seminar assignments should only be followed by the students of the Institute of
Technology.
tgtu39-academic_writing_II-3up.pdf
tgtu39-academic_writing_II-6up.pdf
2008-10-29: Lists of seminar groups for students
of the
Please
find your seminar group and seminar time on the lists (pdf files).
|
Master’s programmes (codes in schedules) |
Group |
|
Biomedical
engineering (BME1, 6mbme) |
Group
2 |
|
Communication
Electronics (COE1, 6mcoe) |
Group
1 |
|
Computational
Sciences (COM1, 6mcom) |
Group
1 |
|
Computer
Systems (COS1, 6mcos) |
Group
2 |
|
Ecology
and the Environment (ECO1, 6meco) |
Group
1 |
|
Engineering
Mechanics (ENG1, 6meng) |
Group
7 |
|
Advanced
Computer Graphics (ACG1, 6macg) |
Group
3 |
|
Energy
and Environmental Engineering (ENV1, 6menv) |
Group
4 |
|
Applied
Ethology and Animal Biology (ETH1, 6meth) |
Group
2 |
|
Computer
Science (CS1, 6mics) |
Group
5 |
|
Manufacturing
Management (IMM1, 6mimm) |
Group
5 |
|
Management
of Innovation and Product Development (INN1, 6minn) |
Group
4, Group 6 |
|
Intelligent
Transport Systems (ITS1, 6mits) |
Group
3 |
|
Mechanical
Engineering (MEC1, 6mmec) |
Group
4 |
|
Molecular
Genetics and Physiology (MOL1, 6mmol) |
Group
7 |
|
Material
Physics and Nanotechnology (MPN1, 6mmpn) |
Group
7 |
|
Software
Engineering and Management (SEM1, 6msem) |
Group
8 |
|
System-on-chip
(socware) (SOC1, fmsoc) |
Group
6 |
|
Wireless
Networks and Electronics (WNE1, 6mwne) |
Group
9, Group 2 |
The
university’s schedule http://www.student.liu.se/schema-och-lokaler?l=en has already been updated according to the
seminar time in the lists. Please notice that students of the programmes INN1
(6minn, Management of innovation and product development) and WNE1 (6mwne,
Wireless networks and electronics) are divided into different seminar groups
and may have different seminar time.
2008-10-24: Lecture notes for the lecture on
Monday of week 44
Academic Writing I (3-up and 6-up versions):
tgtu39-academic_writing_I-3up.pdf
tgtu39-academic_writing_I-6up.pdf
2008-10-21: For students who missed the library
seminar of TGTU39 or 799A01
One extra library seminar is arranged in week 45, Tuesday 4th
November, 13.15 PM. It is still in the seminar room at the TekNat library in
the B-building. The students who wish to attend have to send an e-mail to Mr
Charlie Järpvall (chaja@bibl.liu.se), who will be the teacher at this occasion,
to confirm that they wish to attend. We still have a maximum of 20 students for
this occasion.
If you are a student of Faculty of Arts and Sciences
and have missed some lectures and seminars of 799A01, you should try to attend
the lectures and seminars of TGTU39, which begins on September 15, 2008. Please
see schedule Schedule_TGTU39.pdf.
Please sign an attendance list for students of Faculty
of Arts and Sciences when you attend a lecture or a seminar.
If you are an international master student of Faculty of Arts and Science and have missed all or some of the lectures and seminars in 2007, you should attend all or some lectures and seminars of this course (799A01) in 2008. See time schedules in this website.
If you are an international
master student of the
International master students of
the programme in Medical Biosciences should only attend the lectures of TGTU39.
Special seminars will be arranged by Faculty of Health Science.
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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 participants in each seminar). 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: qinye@itn.liu.se
Tel: 011-363260
Time schedules:
Due to the large number of
international master students and different schedules in different faculties,
the course will be run twice in autumn of 2008. The first run is scheduled in
weeks 34 and 35 for the international master students in Faculty of Arts and
Sciences. The second run is scheduled in weeks 38-41 (Period 1) and weeks 44-48
(Period 2) for the international master students in the Institute of Technology
and Faculty of Health Sciences. Students, who have missed the first run for
some reasons, can take the second run. The detailed schedules can be found in
the following files:
First run (Schedule for students in Faculty of Arts and Science):
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, 2008-08-25.
Seminar assignments for 799A01:
Academic
Writing Lectures and Seminar Assignments 2008.pdf
Second run (Schedule for students in the
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.)
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Links to the lecture notes in 2008
Student-centered
learning and academic culture, by
Academic
culture and student-centered learning.pdf
Equal
Opportunities at LiU, by Kristin Ljungemyr
Towards equal
opportunities at LiU ht08_webb.pdf
Link to the lecture notes in 2007
(Please notice that the lecture notes
might be improved or modified for this course in 2008.)