The purpose of this course is to learn strategies to develop scientific research. The class is divided into 3 main blocks. 1) The students will learn how to start up the literature review for a specific research project, how to search for literature, use citation managers, cite properly, and avoid plagiarism. 2) The students will learn how to make a proper diagram or figure, how to work with data, and how to do statistics. 3) The students will learn how to write their research reports, theses, and papers (including proper title, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusions)

1) Literature review and research, proper citations, citation managers (EndNote, etc.), types of plagiarism, and how to avoid it (block 1).

2) 10 steps for creating a proper and clear figure, and how to work with data in general, statistics (block 2).

3) Writing of research reports, theses, and papers (including proper title, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, and conclusions) (block 3).