Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Licenţă
Domeniul: Informatică
Programul de studii: Informatică - în limba engleză
Limba de predare: Engleză

SYLLABUS

I. General data
Code	Subject	
MMZ0003	Methodology Documentation and Prepare a Scientific Paper	

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

II. Full status faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Didactic	Department	Type of activity	
surname	title	title		C	S	L	
POP Horia Florin	Ph.D.	Prof.	Computer Science	*			

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.I.A. Rus, E. Muntean, Matematica si informatica. Trecut, prezent si viitor,  Promedia plus, Cluj-Napoca, 1998.
2. S. Mac Lane, Mathematics. Form and Function, Springer, Berlin, 1986.
3. H.F. Moed, Citation Analysis in Research Evaluation, Springer, 2005.
4. P. Odifreddi, The Mathematical Century. The 30 greatest problems of the last 100 years, Princeton Univ. Press, 2004.
5. S. Ramon, Y. Cojal, Drumul spre stiinta, Editura Politica, Bucuresti, 1967.
6. J.P. Pier (ed), Development of mathematics: 1950-2000, Birkhauser, Basel, 2000.	

VI. Thematic of didactic activities per weeks
Weekly student projects on the topics discussed in class.	

VII. Didactic methods used

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

	Dean,							Chair head,

	Date,							Course responsible,
	October 1, 2011					Prof. POP Horia Florin, Ph.D.