Dissertation And Academic Writing (Theory)

Paper Code: 
24VHA425
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to identify the research question for academic writing and apply research methodology tools for final dissertation and academic writing. They also present knowledge of primary and secondary resources, framing of language, synopsis writing, mind mapping, plagiarism, proper chapterisation, citation and references for effective research and determine the conclusion of the research topic.

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24VHA425

Dissertation And Academic Writing (Theory)

CO105: Professionally employ the research tools and apply the academic writing skills to elaborate and write the content on the selected topic.

 

CO106: Interpret, analyze and breakdown the gathered information to compile and synthesize it in the specified chapters.

 

CO107: List the referred sources used for collecting the information in the form of references, citations, bibliography to meet the ethical requirements.

 

CO108: Defend the personal opinion through a derived conclusion and communicate the findings in an effective way to the readers and listeners.

 

CO109: Understand and evaluate how to organise ideas in common academic texts (e.g. article, scholarly paper, book chapter, essays, reports, dissertations, publications).

 

CO110: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration of writing and visualizing.

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, presentation, Giving writing tasks.

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester end examination, Quiz, Solving Problems in Tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual And Group Projects      

 

CONTENT:

The students will have to submit the final Dissertation in five copies along with a soft copy in CD with the practical submission.

For academic writing the student will write Research Article/ Scholarly Paper/ Chapter in a book according to the database guidelines.

Essential Readings: 
  1. Research Methodology And Statistical Techniques By Santosh Gupta
  2. MLA Handbook, 9/e by The Modern Language Association of America
  3. MLA 9 Simplified: Easy Way Guide to MLA Handbook: Updated for the MLA 9th Edition Handbook by Appearance Publishers
  4. Writing ‘How-to’ Articles and Books by Chriss McCallum

Suggested Reading:

  1. Research Methodology by Satendra Kumar
  2. Research and Publication Ethics by Santosh Kumar Yadav
  3. Research Methods by Ram Ahuja
  4. The Joy of Research by C. Balaji
References: 
  1. https://sites.uci.edu/graduateinterconnect/2020/10/03/how-to-write-seminar-and-research-papers-effectively/
  2. http://www.nets.rwth-aachen.de/content/teaching/seminars/sub/seminar_hints/seminar_paper.pdf
  3. https://www.collegelib.com/seminar-report-preparation-sample-reports-and-guidelines/
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaM35le2PcY
  5. https://www.academia.edu/34275191/Guide_to_writing_Seminar_Papers
Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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