The course has two main goals: on one hand, the students shall learn the basics on how to do research and write a paper (Research Skills); on the other hand, the course shall provide to the students the essential skills in speaking and debating in public, also including the presentation and discussion of a research paper (Communication Skills). The learnings acquired in Research and Communication Skills shall be later on applied to the Research Paper, to be prepared, written, presented and discussed in the 2nd semester.

CILO-1: Students will be able to get familiar with the techniques of research skills. CILO-2: Students will be able to get familiar with the techniques of communication skills. CILO-3: Students will be able to get familiar with the standard structure of research papers.