Academic Reading and Writing - Einzelansicht

In this module, students will work on projects that are proposed by individual research groups at the Institute of Mathematics.

The aim of the course is for students to gain experience with reading, doing and writing about scientific research, and thereby to prepare for the Master's Thesis.

Important: Participants will be expected to follow the principles of good academic practice, as described in the University of Potsdam's guidelines (English version).

The introductory meeting for the course will take place on Friday, 22.04. in Haus 9, Room 1.10, from 14:15 to 15:45.

Students must submit a written report of their work of about 20 pages. The length of the report will be determined by the project supervisor.

Students are expected to

• work on a specific mathematical problem,
• apply what they have learned in their coursework,
• read research papers to find results that can be used to address the problem, and
• write up the results of their work on the problem, following the rules of professional scientific writing.

This course is intended for students in the Master of Science in Mathematics who have completed at least 60 LP worth of courses.