| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Part I: A framework for success
1. Introduction: How this class is organized, and why (week 1) |
| Week 2 |
2. Research article structures (week 2) |
| Week 3 |
3. Referees’ criteria for evaluating manuscripts (week 3) |
| Week 4 |
Part II: When and how to write each article section
4. Results as a “story”: the key driver of an article (week 4) |
| Week 5 |
5. Results: turning data into knowledge (week 5) |
| Week 6 |
6. Writing about results (week 6) |
| Week 7 |
7. The Methods section (week 7) |
| Week 8 |
8. The Introduction (week 8) |
| Week 9 |
9. The Discussion section (week 9) |
| Week 10 |
10. The title (week 10) |
| Week 11 |
11. The Abstract (week 11) |
| Week 12 |
Part III: Getting your manuscript published
12. Considerations when selecting a target journal (week 12) |
| Week 13 |
13. Submitting a manuscript (week 13) |
| Week 14 |
14. How to respond to editors and referees (week 14) |
| Week 15 |
15. A process for preparing a manuscript (week 15) |
| Week 16 |
Part IV: Developing your publication skill further
16. Skill-development strategies for groups and individuals (week 16) |
| Week 17 |
17. Developing discipline-specific English skill (week 17-18) |
| Week 18 |
17. Developing discipline-specific English skill and a final review |