INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES DHANBAD Certificate Course in Scientific and Technical Writing

 Certificate Course in Scientific and Technical Writing

Coordinator

Dr. Md. Mojibur Rahman

Organized by

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES  DHANBAD – 826004, JHARKHAND

Certificate Course in Scientific and Technical Writing Click 

ABOUT THE COURSE

The Certificate Course in Scientific and Technical Writing is an introductory, a need based and skills oriented, applied language course for participants who have limited or no experience in formal writing skills in the context of Science and Technology.

The course emphasizes improvement in written communication skills, particularly the skills for academic and research writing which is rather a complex creative activity, highly formal, learned and specialized, and not an automatic, mechanical or indifferent process.

The course aims to train the participant: how the content of science and technology is given linguistic expression; how language is used to give expression to certain reasoning process; how it is used to receive and interpret written and graphic information; how it is used, for example, to define, describe, classify, explain, hypothesis, generalize, or conclude, etc; in short, how it is used in scientific discourse. It also focuses on such academic skills development as outlining, summarizing, and paraphrasing.

The course is non-residential. On successful completion, the participants will be awarded a certificate of attendance.

INTENDED PARTICIPANTS

Researchers, Scientists, Science Teachers, RFs/SRFs, and others involved in R&D activities in and around Dhanbad

OBJECTIVES

To enable the participants to:

· Build on what they already know and to appreciate the conventions of scientific and technical writing, to be able to write coherent project proposals, logical reports, and technical documents such as manuals and guidelines; and · Write formal academic documents such as reports and research papers with confidence in a clear, concise and convincing manner

CORSE CONTENT

· Characteristics of Scientific and Technical Writing

· Process Model of Writing

· Using Impersonal Style

· Writing Instructions

· Reporting

· Describing Objects and Processes

· Graphical Presentation of Information and their

Interpretation

· Writing Definitions

· Writing Narratives

· Classificatory Descriptions

· Writing Explanation

· Exemplifying

· Hypothesizing, predicting, and concluding

· Making Generalisations

· Outlining

· Paraphrasing

· Summarising

· Organising References

· Using Punctuations

· Post Writing Improvement

FACULTY

Professor R K Singh

Dr. Md. Mojibur Rahman

COURSE DURATION

Six Weeks (60 hours)

DATE AND TIME

The Course starts on October 29, 2012

Classes will be held in the Evening

The last date for registration is October 22, 2012

VENUE

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad

REGISTRATION

INR 7000/- (Rupees seven thousand only) per participant to be paid (in cash) at the cash section, ISM Dhanbad in favour of “Certificate Course in Scientific and Technical Writing”. The fee is inclusive of course kit, course material and other institutional amenities. Participants should also fill up the registration form and submit to the coordinator. The participation will be confirmed on a first come first basis up to a maximum of 25 candidates. The course fee is refundable if the course is cancelled for unavoidable reasons.

COURSE COORDINATOR

Dr. Md. Mojibur Rahman, Associate Professor

Telephone: +91-326-2235490

Mobile: +91-9334267717

Email: mrahmanelt@gmail.com

rahman.mm.hss@ismdhanbad.ac.in

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