Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Licenţă
Domeniul: Informatică
Programul de studii: Informatică - linia de studiu română
Limba de predare: Română

SYLLABUS

I. Date generale
Codul	Disciplina	
MMZ0003	Metodologia documentării şi elaborării unei lucrări ştiinţifice	

Semestrul	Ore: C+S+L+P	Categoria	Statutul	
6	1+0+0+0	complementara	opţională	

II. Cadre didactice cu norma de bază în Universitate
Numele şi	Titlul	Gradul	Catedra	Tipul activităţii	
prenumele	ştiinţific	didactic		C	S	L	
POP Horia Florin	Dr. 	Prof.	Limbaje şi Metode de Programare	*			

Cadre didactice asociate
Numele şi	Titlul	Instituţia	Tipul	Tipul activităţii	
prenumele	ştiinţific		postului	C	S	L	

III. Obiectivele disciplinei
The course aims to familiarize the students with the fundamental notions concerning the documentation and writing and of scientific papers.	

IV. Continutul disciplinei
1. What is a research paper
2. How to choose a subject for a research paper; How to narrow the subject into a research topic
3. How to find the needed information
4. How to use online sources; How to use books
5. How to track the research
6. How to evaluate sources
7. How to take notes on sources
8. How to do an outline
9. Deciding on writing style
10. How to use the source material
11. How to use footnotes and endnotes; How to create a list of works cited
12. How to present the paper; How to revise, edit and proofread
13. What is plagiarism
14. How to evaluate a paper	

V. Bibliografie
1. Laurie Rozakis, Schaum’s Quick Guide to Writing Great Research Papers, McGraw Hill, New York, 2009, 2nd edition
2. Molly McClain, Jacqueline D. Roth, Schaum’s Quick Guide to Writing Essays, McGraw Hill, New York, 1999
3. Peter Elbow, Writing with Power, Oxford University Press, New York, 1998, 2nd edition
4. Michael J. Katz, From Research to Manuscript - A Guide to Scientific Writing, Springer, 2009
5. Rita S. Brause, Writing your doctoral dissertation. Invisible rules for success, Taylor & Francis, 2006
6. Janet van Wicklen, Tech Writer's Survival Guide : a Comprehensive Handbook for Aspiring Technical Writers, Facts on File, 2001	

VI. Tematica activităţilor didactice pe săptămâni
Weekly student projects on the topics discussed in class.	

VII. Metode didactice folosite
Expositions: description, explanation, class lectures, dialog-based lectures, lectures with demonstrations, introductive lectures, current lectures, synthesis lectures.  Conversations: debate, dialog, introductive conversations, conversations for knowledge consolidation, conversations to systematize and synthesize knowledge.  Use of problems: use of problem questions, problems and problem situations.  Discovery: directed and independent rediscovery, creative discovery, inductive discovery, deductive discovery, discovery by documenting, experimental discovery.  Other methods: case study; cooperation, simulation, brainstorming, individual study, exercise, homework study.	

VIII. Evaluare
The students will evaluate published papers, will write papers on specific topics and evaluate their colleagues papers. All these will be graded, the grades will be weighted to the final grade.	

IX. Bibliografie suplimentară
Various internet resources.	

	Decan,							Sef de catedra,

	Data,							Titular curs,
	1 octombrie 2010					Prof. Dr.  POP Horia Florin