This course is designed to help graduate students with academic writing by developing the skills necessary to produce high quality work in term-papers and the end-of-year dissertation. The lectures, tasks and activities are richly varied, ranging from small-scale language points to studying the discourse of journalism, media, and communication. Topics to be dealt with include: writing expository and argumentative texts, writing summaries, introductions and conclusions, discussion of data, citing and attributing sources, researching and creating bibliographies. Students receive feedback on their writing and are expected to engage in self-editing and peer-reviewing. The course is highly recommended for students with little experience in writing academic papers and for those who need to brush up their skills in academic writing.
By the end of this course students should be able to:
| Type of work | Description | Hours |
| Lectures | Thirteen 3-hour lectures | 39 |
| Independent study | Study of academic discourse | 30 |
| Written assignments | Optional tasks on language points (grammar, vocabulary, style) and on various types of academic writing | 60 |
| Total workload | 129 |
| Type of assessment | Learning outcome | Impact on final grade | Date of assessment |
| The course carries no formal assessment | – | – | – |
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