Upon successful completion of this course the students will be able to effectively communicate scientific knowledge when interacting with different audiences, using a variety of communication tools both traditional and ICT-based tools (e.g. blogs); the result will be a solid ground for writing their thesis and/or academic publications, as well as for presenting scientific findings orally. 

Academic skills and competencies related to oral presentations (using Power Point, Prezi, posters, etc) and other forms of communication (academic writing, using ICT-based tools), as well as for MSc thesis writing.

Lectures and interactive sessions on communication and presentation techniques (20 h); Practicals - individual oral presentation, and group work on other communication methods (wiki, blog, or others). The themes of the practicals’ will be selected from recent literature on European forestry, forest ecology, forest economy, forest policy or other relevant forestry fields (20 h).

Lebrun, J.L (2011). Scientific Writing 2.0. World Scientific Publishing

Course notes and selected online materials (https://wiki.uef.fi/display/ASIFS2/Home)

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Senior Researcher Blas Mola and adjunct instructors.

Autumn 2021

Joensuu

The language of instruction for this course is English. The course is intended only for MSc degree students.