ENG314 SKILLS FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
| Course Code: | 6390314 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 1.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 3.0 |
| Department: | Modern Languages (English) |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
This course helps undergraduate students to become more skilled undergraduate researchers by
addressing their readiness to take on the role as an undergraduate researcher and equipping them
with a selection of academic skills. Specifically, prospective and current undergraduate researchers
may benefit from this course that is designed to cater to their career readiness skills set including
research and transferable skills such as professional communication, foundations of research,
writing research proposals, submitting abstracts to calls, presenting at conferences, writing
research papers, handling oral and written feedback, and preparing for research position
interviews. The course is also a timely response to a current higher education challenge for
undergraduate students where undergraduate research is becoming a substantial part of university
students` career journeys.