Syllabus

ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION

(taught in English)

Course Description

This course provides Ph.D. students of the Philosophy Department of Oles Honchar Dnipro National University with information regarding how to present their ideas effectively in a scientific environment.

Contact information

Instructor: Dr. Oleksandr Kulyk

Office: Gagarin ave, 72, 813

Email: prof.kulyk@gmail.com

Course Webpages:

https://sites.google.com/site/kuliktexts/en/courses/ac

Required texts

Harmon, J.E., Gross, A. G. (2010). Craft of Scientific Communication. University of Chicago Press.

Davis, M. (2004). Scientific Papers and Presentations: Navigating Scientific Communication in Today’s World. Academic Press.

Edwards, P. (2014). How to Give a Talk: Changing the Culture of Academic Public Speaking. University of Michigan. http://pne.people.si.umich.edu/PDF/howtotalk.pdf

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successfully completing this course, students will have developed an understanding of effective techniques of scientific communication. By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• write grant proposal;

• prepare efficacious oral presentation;

• write academic CV.

Evaluation

Grades will be based on a 100-point scale distributed as follows:

Requirement

Participation (20%) – 20 points

Oral Assignments (40%) – 40 points

Writing Assignments – (40%) – 40 points

Final grade

А 90–100 points

В 82–89 points

С 75–81 points

D 64–74 points

Е 60–63 points

F 0–59 points

Course Requirements

Participation

To participate is to come to class and regularly contribute to discussions throughout the semester. This includes discussions in class and with the instructor during office hours.

Oral Assignments

Each student has to prepare and give two oral presentations. Firstly they should give a 60-second elevator pitch about their research interests aimed at senior academics. Secondly they should research main philosophical institutions of selected country and prepare a 20-minits oral report with slide presentation about results of this research.

Writing Assignments

Each student has to write his or her own academic CV and a grant proposal.

Tentative Timeline

September

Lecture:

Academic Communications in the Modern World

Lecture:

Academic CV: Structure and Format

Workshop:

Writing Academic CV

October

Lecture:

Planning Oral Presentation

Workshop:

Elevator Pitch about Research Interests

Lecture:

Grant Proposal: Structure

Workshop:

Writing Grant Proposal in the Area of Philosophy

November

Workshop:

Process of Submitting an Article to a Peer-Review Journal

Lecture:

Scientific Communication in International Context

Lecture:

Understanding Differences and Similarities between Researchers in Different Countries

Workshop:

Communication with Foreign Colleagues

December

Workshop:

Main Centers of Philosophical Research in North America

Workshop:

Main Centers of Philosophical Research in Great Britain

Workshop:

Main Centers of Philosophical Research in Germany, France, and Netherlands

Workshop:

Main Centers of Philosophical Research in Australia