Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Licenţă
Domeniul: Calculatoare şi Tehnologia Informaţiei
Programul de studii: Ingineria Informaţiei
Limba de predare: Engleză

SYLLABUS

I. General data
Code	Subject	
MMZ0003	Methodology of documentation and elaboration of scientific papers	

Semester	Hours: C+S+L+P	Category	Status	
6	1+0+0+0	complementary	optional	

II. Full status faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Didactic	Chair	Type of activity	
surname	title	title		C	S	L	
POP Horia Florin	Ph.D.	Prof.	Programming  Languages and Methods	*			

Associated faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Institution	Type of	Type of activity	
surname	title		position	C	S	L	

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

IV. Course contents
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. Bibliography
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. Thematic of didactic activities per weeks
Weekly student projects on the topics discussed in class.	

VII. Didactic methods used
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. Assessment
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. Additional references
Various internet resources.	

	Dean,							Chair head,

	Date,							Course responsible,
	October 1, 2009					Prof. POP Horia Florin, Ph.D.