Academic writing aims to encourage academic interaction of students by improving their methodological and research capacities. It focuses on mastering the basis of the scientific method and focusing on its use during the writing of final papers.
Academic writing includes:
- The basis of scientific method and critical mastering of literature;
- Selection of the research topic, techniques of collecting and analysing materials;
- Final paper (mentoring).
The Final Project should have more than 2000 and less than 3000 words (excluding footnotes, summary and blanks, 10-15 pages).
The Belgrade Open School provides a trainer who will go with students through the technical characteristics and basic rules of academic writing, while students are making an agreement with professors, associates of institutes or responsible persons in the institution or organization in which they have the internship, to be their mentors in the process of writing the academic paper. Their task is to approve writings, in terms of selected topic, as well as the content of academic paper itself. The Belgrade Open School is not able to provide financial compensation to mentors but calls on them to meet students and help them to deal with a particular topic as much as possible.
Final Project has following stages:
- Final Project topic defining
- Writing a short version of academic paper (in the form of an essay) that follows the subject
- Preparation of the structure proposal of the Final Project
- Writing the first version
- Writing the final version and sending it to the Belgrade Open School
- Approval of recommended writings by the Program Board of the Department of Future Studies
- Proofreading
- Making Proceedings
- Publication of e-Proceedings of student's Final Projects.
Academic Fields
During the application process, students can choose the academic field offered by the Belgrade Open School, within their topic of their Final Project will be defined. If a topic is not within the offered academic fields, students can add it.
Offered academic fields: economics, sociology, law, politics, anthropology, history, psychology, European studies, religion studies, media and communication, social networks, information technologies, gender studies, identity and imagology, literary history and theory, cultural studies, aesthetics, security studies, geopolitics, energy, sustainable development, demography, urbanism.