Module Scientific Skills
Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Christoph Biskup
Lecturers
- Biomolecular Photonics Group: Prof. Dr. Christoph Biskup, Dr. Birgit Hoffmann
Content
Working in science does not only require knowledge, but also various scientific skills. This module aims at giving you some useful skills necessary to survive in science. Topics of this module include:
- What do we know? Some theory of knowledge
- True facts or fake news? Which information can you trust? How to search for reliable scientific information.
- All about scientific writing: How to write of scientific texts. How to write a master's thesis. How to use features of word processors for writing scientific texts
- Bringing your science to the public: How to present scientific information. How to defend a master's thesis
- Good scientific practice
- Some soft skills
- Writing job applications
Lectures / Seminars
Lectures / seminars take place on Tuesdays (starting from April 29th) at 10.30 a.m in the seminar room Kollegiengasse.
Preliminary time table and overview of the seminar's topics
Week | Lecturer | Subject and content | Links |
1 Tuesday |
Biskup |
Seminar Epistemology - The theory of knowledge
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2 Tuesday |
Biskup |
Seminar Finding scientific information
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3 Tuesday |
Biskup |
Seminar Scientific writing I
Please, bring a computer to the lecture with MS Word (preferably MS Word 365) installed on it. Note: Students of the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena can obtain a licence of Microsoft Office 365 (including MS Word) free of charge for the duration of their studies. Please, follow this link for detailed instructions about how to obtain the license. |
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4 Tuesday |
Biskup |
Seminar Scientific writing II
Please, bring a computer to the lecture with MS Word (preferably MS Word 365) installed on it. |
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5 Tuesday |
N.N. |
Seminar Scientific writing III
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6 Tuesday |
Biskup |
Seminar Bringing your science to the public
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7 Tuesday |
Biskup N.N. |
Seminar Good scientific practice
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8 Tuesday |
Biskup N.N. |
Seminar Job application
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9 Tuesday |
N.N. |
Seminar t.b.a.
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10 Tuesday |
Hoffmann |
Seminar Scientific writing using AI tools
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11 Tuesday |
Hoffmann |
Seminar Creative writing techniques
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