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Course Name Art of scientific writing
Course Code 24MMD313
Program B. Sc. Honors (with Research) in Molecular Medicine
Semester 6
Credits 1
Campus Kochi

Syllabus

Preamble

Art of scientific writing is an essential component for an aspiring student pursuing scientific endeavors. Projecting one’s idea and design of experiments towards proving or disproving a hypothesis and interpretation of the findings scientifically forms the pillar of scientific research. In order to communicate efficiently and effectively to mass at large, requires introducing one’s idea and concept by articulating effectively and succinctly the research question, hypothesis and the experiments used to test one’s hypothesis. This include introducing the topic, how the hypothesis originated and the methods used to test the hypothesis. The results obtained following testing hypothesis needs to be explained and communicated effectively to be accepted by the scientific community. Based on the results, the student is prompted to think critically on the results in the context of literature leading to a productive scientific discussion. This session will expose the student to translate the scientific work they carried out into a manuscript of publication quality.

Unit 1

Developing a hypothesis and the research question and its validity in the context of the literature.

Unit 2

Based on the above conceptual understanding summarize the study in a paragraph for anyone to understand what this study is without reading the entire body text. This would lead to creation of an abstract.

Unit 3

Introduce the topic: The goal here is to introduce the subject under study with respect to the literature and state why this study is conducted and what for. Bring in the questions to be evaluated with supporting literature by referencing carefully. 

Unit 4

In order to accomplish the task of experiments, materials and methods needs to be specified clearly to address the question. In this section one will provide a detailed explanation of the experiment including the samples used, chemicals used and experimental protocols etc that has been carried out such that someone might be able to reproduce the study. If statistical analysis is involved, provide details of it.

Unit 5

Describe the results in details with the help of tables, graphs and/or figures. The goal of this section is to state the results as it is and do not engage in discussing your findings. The discussion section is to discuss about one’s findings in the context of experiments one performed and explain the outcomes and assess the findings related to investigation. Discuss how the results are compared to other published findings and how it adds value to the advancement of science and well-being. Appropriate references should be cited to support the statements and avoid making unsubstantiated claims or interpretations.

Unit 6

Conclusion and future perspectives based on the findings.

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Outcome

CO1 Students will be exposed to the significance scientific articulation and its important in conveying scientific concept.

CO2 Students will be exposed to how a scientific summary is structured to form an abstract. 

CO3 Importance of developing appropriate research question and hypothesis to address the scientific challenge and articulating it in a scientific language.

CO4 Students will be exposed to how critically and scientifically interpret and write data. 

CO5 Students will be exposed to scientifically discuss their results in the context of literature and develop the skills to conclude the outcome of the findings.

Program Outcome

PO1: Bioscience Knowledge

PO2: Problem Analysis

PO3: Design/Development of Solutions

PO4: Conduct Investigations of complex problems

PO5: Modern tools usage

PO6: Bioscientist and Society

PO7: Environment and Sustainability

PO8: Ethics

PO9: Individual & Team work

PO10: Communication

PO11: Project management & Finance

PO12: Lifelong learning

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Program Specific Outcomes. (PSO)

PSO 1 – Chemical and physical basis of biology

PSO 2 – Computational science in biology and medicine

PSO 3 – Biochemical and physiological complexity in biology and medicine

PSO 4 – Molecular technology in biology and medicine

PSO 5 – Cell based approaches in diagnosis and therapy

PSO 6 – Microorganisms in medicine

PSO 7 – Nanoscale entities and its significance in medicine

PSO 8 – Tissue architecture engineering in medicine

PSO 9 – Compounds as drugs and its efficacy

PSO 10 – Bioinformatics and artificial intelligence in medicine

PSO 11 –Technology in personalizing medicine

PSO 12 – Protein structural complexity in medicine

PSO 13 – Projecting science and medicine to public

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Evaluation Pattern

Internal Assessment – 50% 

Periodical 1 

Exam 

20% 

Periodical 2 

Exam 

20% 

Continuous Assessment 

Assignment/Test/Quiz

10% 

50%

End Semester Examination- 50% 

Theory Exam 

50% 

50%

Total

100%

Text Books / References

The Art of Scientific Writing: From Student Reports to Professional Publications in Chemistry and Related Fields, 2nd, Completely Revised Edition by Wiley

Authors: Hans F. Ebel, Claus Bliefert, William E. Russey.

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