Fys-Geo4100 - Introductory project work in physics of geological processes
alternative title: Scientific Communication for Physics of Geological Processes
Course Content
Tools and methods in scientific communication, covering scientific research ethics, literature and citation search, types of scientific documents, writing techniques and presentation techniques. Specific computer-based word-processing, typesetting, presentation, and bibliographic tools will be demonstrated and taught.
Learning Outcomes
The course will give the student an introduction to scientific ethics and communication through the completion of a project, preparatory to the student’s masters thesis. The course will be coupled with the other introductory courses (4200, 4300) in Physics of Geological Processes, which will provide the raw material for reports and presentations that the student will be required to prepare and give.
Language of Instruction: English

A little more detail:
The ethics of research and communication
Science is the search for truth. Don’t compromise it!
Proper use of the work of others: citation, acknowledgement, co-authorship, …
To thine own self be true: be brutally honest about what you learn from your experiments, models, or theories. Don’t be misled by your prior expectations, prejudices, or attitudes, or those of your mentors.
The peer review system: uses and abuses.
Goals of scientific communication
Science is a cooperative enterprise — we all help each other to learn Nature’s secrets. 
The main goal of scientific communication is to share what you have learned so that others can build upon your efforts and you in turn can build upon theirs. 
Other goals: to inform the general public, industry, governments; to persuade funding agencies to support your work.
Types of scientific communication
Oral talks, posters. Use of visual aids, voice, gestures, posture, respect.
Abstracts, technical articles (letters, full articles, review articles, what categories and audiences?), books and book chapters, popular articles, press releases, annual reports, funding proposals, program or instrument documentation, technical reports not intended for publication, theses, web pages …
Know your audience (expectations and needs); format; illustrations (photographs, charts, graphs, tables, equations); organisation.
What tools and resources are available 
Libraries, the web, software for organising, writing, bibliography, typesetting, design, and presentation.
How to prepare and deliver a good talk
How to prepare and deliver a good poster presentation
How to write an effective paper
On the other side: asking effective questions and making pertinent comments
Students will be required to make presentations (oral and poster) and write reports based on work they do in FysGeo4200 or FysGeo4300 or independent research. They will also be required to attend talks and poster sessions, interact with the speakers, and report to the class on lessons learned.
Four two-hour lectures,
Tentative titles:
I. 20 August Monday: General Introduction and Ethics, first part
II. 23 August Thursday: First part, Writing Techniques
III. 24 August Friday: Ethics, case studies, and first part,  Presentation Techniques
IV. 5 September Wednesday: Wrap up Writing Techniques & Presentation Techniques
then subsequent class meetings as needed for hearing presentations and posters and giving feedback on writing

also I’m giving a 3-hour lecture on continuum simulations on 3 September, and later (week 41?) a lecture on physical processes in impacts