WIAS Course The Final Touch

Aim of the course:

The General Introduction and General Discussion are single-author chapters in the thesis which plays an important role in the final assessment of the thesis. In this course, a one-day training is offered for the writing of the General Introduction and the General Discussion of a PhD thesis. Apart from providing general guidelines, we will discuss strong and weak points of examples of a General Introduction and a General Discussion. The examples have to be studied before the course takes place.

General Information

Target Group	PhD candidates in their final year
Course level	Post-graduate
Group size	A minimum of 10 and a maximum of 15 participants
Course duration	1 day and given twice per year
Materials	To be given to participants prior to the start of the course
Homework	8 hours
Language	English
Credit points	0.6 ECTS
Name lecturers	Guillermo Amador & Michiel Kleerebezem
Teaching methods	Lectures, group work
In-person	Wageningen University campus, Wageningen, the Netherlands. Note: Room and building will be communicated to registered and confirmed participants about one week before the start of the course.

 

Draft Programme:

Important! Several weeks in advance, three examples of a General Introduction and three examples of a General Discussion will be sent to you by email. You are expected have to be studied these before the start of the course.

9.00: Lecture:

• Effective writing.
• What is a good title of your thesis?
• How to write a General Introduction.

10.30: Discussion groups (about 3 persons/group): Analysis of the weak and the strong aspects of three General Introductions.

12.00: Lunch

13.00: Presentation of the analyses of the Introductions and reflection by the teachers.

13.45: Lecture: How to write a General Discussion.

14.15: Discussion groups (about 3 persons/group): Analysis of the weak and strong aspects of three General Discussions.

16.00: Presentation of the analyses of the Discussions and reflection by the teachers.

16.45: Evaluation of the course (feedback by the participants).

17.00: Drinks

Fee: free of charge for WIAS PhD candidates; for others:  € 130 .

Cancellation condition

You may cancel free of charge up to 1 month before the start of the course. After this date you will be charged with the full fee. Unless: 

• You can find someone to replace you in the course and supply the course coordinator with the name and contact information of your replacement. In this case you will be charged a €50,- cancellation fee.

More information: Please contact: WIAS Office wias@wur.nl