Course Objectives
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introduce students to the basics of academic writing
in English
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help students understand the style of academic writing
- improve their academic writing skills
- make them think about planning, structure, and organization of their writing
Course assessment:
You pass the course if:
a) you
attend all classes (7 total) and
send me two excerpts of your writing
(each 3-5 pages of "normostrana", most likely from Methods section; Introductions and Conclusions will not be accepted)
- deadlines for those finishing this semester and for those not finishing this semester
b) you
submit all homework for all classes in the corresponding submission vault (unless otherwise specified, the deadline is the midnight before next class for all assignments)
c) you
submit answers to all exercises from three additional practice
exercises files by the given deadline (see interactive syllabus; some weeks may NOT have any practice exercises).
Thesis format
Basic information on theses at FI MU:
https://www.fi.muni.cz/studies/bachelor-diploma-theses.html.cs
More specific information on writing a thesis and
formatting
https://www.fi.muni.cz/files/studijni/bp-dp-na-fi-v070421.pdf
LaTeX formatting:
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somewhere around the 50-minute mark https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/fi/podzim2023/VB000/um/um34/1.seminar.mp4
Overleaf:
https://www.fi.muni.cz/tech/overleaf.html.cs
(a
few more notes: https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/fi/podzim2023/VB000Eng/um/um34/vb000.pdf
slide 6)
Fithesis
https://www.fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/tex/fithesis.html.cs
(BUT very poorly written declaration of authorship!)
Other information on writing a thesis in computer
science
https://www.herout.net/tao-diplomky/
IEEE manual
https://ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/IEEE-Editorial-Style-Manual.pdf
