Research, Publication and Responsibility in Science

Course Description

Students will be familiarized with basic principles of scientific way of thinking and conduct of scientific research. They will learn which are the most relevant databases of bibliographic information and how to search them.They will learn about structure of scientific article, basic principles of writing and data presentation, as well as with a process of publishing a scientific paper.Through structured case discussions they will learn about possible ethical dilemmas in scientific work. Based on these discussions they will learn about principles of developing a sound moral argument.

General Competencies

Fundamental knowledge on scientific research, responsible conduct of research, publishing of research results and intelectual property rights. Experience in bibliographic and full-text database searcing.

Learning Outcomes

identify basic principles of scientific thinking and research
explain the structure of a scientific paper
practice searching of bibliographic databases
identify basic principles of responisble conduct of research
describe the procedure for granting patents
describe the process of publishing of a scientific paper

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Exams

Grading Method

By decision of the Faculty Council, in the academic year 2019/2020. the midterm exams are cancelled and the points assigned to that component are transferred to the final exam, unless the teachers have reassigned the points and the grading components differently. See the news for each course for information on knowledge rating.

	Continuous Assessment		Exam
Type	Threshold	Percent of Grade	Threshold	Percent of Grade
Homeworks	0 %	15 %	0 %	15 %
Quizzes	0 %	10 %	0 %	10 %
Class participation	0 %	5 %	0 %	5 %
Mid Term Exam: Written	0 %	30 %	0 %
Final Exam: Written	0 %	40 %
Exam: Written			0 %	70 %

Week by Week Schedule

Science and scientific research
Methodologies and types of scientific research
Responisble conduct of research
Data collecting and analysis
Literature search
Publishing research results
Open access to scientific information
Test
Critical appraisal of an article
Evaluation of scientific research
Intellectual property in the research, development, innovation and technology transfer 1
Intellectual property in the research, development, innovation and technology transfer 2
Web and research
Talk with a scientist
Test