FSE Campus Venlo
Introduction to Academic Skills
Full course description
Although your start at an academic programme is in many ways a continuation of your educational career, we know that the transition to university may provide you with unique challenges. This skills training aims to equip you with the basic tools which will help you succeed at university. From scientific curiosity to critical thinking, we will explore all the characteristics that make us academic colleagues and how that differentiates from other scientific areas. After this skills training, you will be equipped with a unique set of skills that you will practice along your career. We will use various educational formats including lectures, workshops, in class discussions and peer-feedback.
Course objectives
Students are able to:
- Identify and explain the ethic and core skills that are part of an academic and the difference with applied sciences.
- Theorise on a specific topic and draw up a thesis statement and an argument structure.
- Apply a structured approach to research and gather scientific literature from databases.
- Communicate through academic writing of a researched theoretical topic with appropriate referencing.
- Provide, receive and make use of feedback through the peer-review process.
- Avoid committing plagiarism and other cases of intellectual theft on their own academic work to prevent fraud.
Recommended reading
- Advised: Fowler, H. R., & Aaron, J. E. (2015). The Little Brown Handbook (13th ed.). New York: Pearson Longman. (Earlier editions can also be used)..
- Additional: Additional Literature may be found in the reference list.
VSK1001
Period 1
2 Sep 2024
25 Oct 2024
ECTS credits:
2.5Coordinator:
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), PBL, Skills, Work in subgroupsAssessment methods:
Attendance, Assignment