SP-1-018

• International business 2005 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2005 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2005 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2004 (international students) - Language programmes
• International business 2004 (native finnish speaking students) - Language programmes
• International business 2004 (native swedish speaking students) - Language programmes
• International business 2006 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2007 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2008 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2006 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2007 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2008 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2006 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2007 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2008 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2009 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2009 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2009 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2010 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2010 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2010 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2011 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2011 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2011 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2012 (international students) - Business management
• International business 2012 (native finnish speaking students) - Business management
• International business 2012 (native swedish speaking students) - Business management

English

Compulsory

First

2

5 cr

The aim of Academic Writing is to equip students with the tools necessary to succeed in writing the thesis, i.e. to know the writing process and the prerequisites of sound research writing, style, structure, accuracy of English and technical presentation.

The aim of the Project is to apply the skills gained above, and using secondary research, write an extended report (about 4,000-5,000 words) on a selected business topic.

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:

• correctly structure a written academic report and apply the principles of academic writing.
• demonstrate a command of writing techniques to achieve the writing purpose, and develop the content structure of an academic paper.
• write in stylistically appropriate and grammatically correct English.
• incorporate source material and cite sources in the text correctly with a corresponding List of References.
• apply Arcada's guidelines provided in the Thesis Guide to produce a technically well presented and structured written project (thesis).
• competently proofread the text for integrity, and correct errors in the language before final submission of the project.
• competently produce the final thesis work, and submit a technically complete project (thesis) for examination to the supervisor according to her/his instructions.

Academic Writing:
Structure, content, and purpose of a research paper (IMRD)
Principles of researching, planning and outlining
Research proposal
Citing sources and listing references
Literature review
Writing process - Coherency and fluency in writing
Writing techniques - language and style
Technical presentation

Written project:
Seminar presentation of research plan.
Extended written assignment (4,000-5,000 words)

(Information retrieval - arranged by Arcada library)

Business English Communications (year 1)
Skill level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Attendance to classes is mandatory. Deadlines for submission of assignments are given in Itslearning - late submissions are not accepted.

Literature/coursebooks on Academic Writing available in Arcada's library:

1. How to write a thesis. Rowena Murray (Open University Press - McGraw-Hill Education 2010)
2. Study Writing - a course in writing skills for academic purposes. Hamp-Lyons & Heasley (Cambridge 2006 ISBN 0-521-53496-8)
3. Academic Writing for Graduate Students - Essential Tasks and Skills. A Course for Nonnative Speakers of English. John M. Swales & Christine B. Feak (The University of Michigan Press)
4. Thesis Guide. Published by Arcada Polytechnic available from Arcada's Library web page.
5. The complete guide to referencing and plagiarism. Colin Neville. (Open University Press - McGraw-Hill Education 2010)

Other literature:
The Good Grammar Guide. Richard Palmer (Routledge Study Guides - Routledge)
The Craft of Scientific Writing. Michael Alley (Springer)
Schaum's Guide to Writing great Research Papers. Laurie Rozakis (McGraw-Hill)
Collins Cobuild English Dictionary. (HarperCollins)

• Lectures - 30 hours
• Individual- and group instruction - 15 hours
• Small-group work - 15 hours
• Project- and production work/artistic activities - 20 hours
• Individual studies - 53 hours

• Total workload of the course: 133 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 133 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Students are assessed on the basis of all assignments submitted, and the final written project.

Kimberley Nigel

Kimberley Nigel

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit

Until date 2014-05-30

see ARBS

2014-03-16 - Reports and productions