Online course "Introduction to Academic Writing" is held in Canvas System and consists of 7 Blocks. The course will be open for students from 16th of January until 16th of April. It means that PhD students should go through all modules and related assignments during this period. The course architecture is constructed in a way that students cannot jump from one block to another if all necessary assignments are not completed. In this regard, students are encouraged to plan their time properly for the course period and assignments completion.​

Course Description:
The goal of this course is to provide PhD students with a starting platform to understanding of the importance of academic writing as a part of their research education by taking into account differences in academic traditions among institutions. From a long-term perspective, the course seeks to contribute to the development of students' international research skills, facilitate their inclusion into the international research community and increase the number of individual and joint international publications by researchers coming from areas with different research traditions.

The course is arranged as a guided self-study online course, and all submitted assignments are read and commented on by the course coordinator. The course takes place in CANVAS, a web-platform for distance learning. When a student is registered at Nord University Business School and enrolled for the course, he/she gets access to the course "room" in the CANVAS where all study materials and assignments are available. The course consists of blocks covering the following topics:

• The nature of research and research training in different countries

• The role of theory in research and writing academic articles

• How to work with the literature and do good literature review

• What library tools and how to use when doing literature review

• Dissemination of research results: journals, rankings, citation indexes, types of articles

• Developing good academic texts

• Reviewing and publishing process

Each block includes several self-study videos supplemented with PowerPoint presentations/slides and other materials (required and recommended readings, Internet links, etc). Each block consists of a short Introduction to the block, video lectures, a list of required literature and recommended materials, several written exercises and/or quizzes to evaluate the learning progress.

The course is arranged through combining the competences of Nord University Business School and its partner-universities. The faculty is represented by the following institutions:

• Professor Anatoli Bourmistrov (Nord University Business School, Norway)

• Professor Katarina Kaarbøe, (Norwegian School of Economics, Norway)

• Professor Giuseppe Grossi (Nord University Business School, Norway)

• Professor Inger Johanne Pettersen (Trondheim Business School, NTNU, Norway)

• Karina Maria Gregersen (Librarian, Nord University)

It is now possible to register to the online course MET9010 Introduction to Academic Writing. To be held during January - March, 2023.
The deadline for applying is 15 December 2022.

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