The Academic English Writing Program offers courses to prepare and support students as they engage in academic writing tasks throughout their academic careers. The courses focus on genre and field-specific conventions and rhetorical choices as well as academic research skills, source integration, and multi-modal presentations of their ideas.
Undergraduate Core Courses
EDUTL 1901: Introduction to Academic Writing for Multilingual Undergraduate Students
3 cr | graded
This course focuses on building fundamental writing and critical thinking skills. As students engage in writing informational and analytical texts, they will learn to make fundamental rhetorical choices and build necessary skills used in writing multiple paragraph essays. Additionally, students will read critically and evaluate the reliability and effectiveness of information sources. Students will work through the recursive writing process and strengthen their ability to evaluate their own and others work to build to a strong final product. By the end of the course, students can expect to gain stronger academic writing fluency, better familiarity with documentation practices, and added confidence presenting their ideas in multiple mediums.
Prerequisite: placement test score of EDUTL 1901
EDUTL 1902: Advanced Academic Writing for Multilingual Undergraduate Students
3 cr | graded
This course emphasizes critical reading of diverse texts and applying varied writing strategies used in common academic genres to student writing. Students will learn to make appropriate decisions about integrating sources into their texts while maintaining a clear boundary between their own work and that of others. Students will also work collaboratively with their peers through regular reading discussions, writing tasks, and class presentations. Learning how to select and present significant findings within an academic argument will also be emphasized. At the conclusion of this course, students can expect to have a better understanding of how to locate quality source materials, how to strategically outline and organize their information, and how to confidently address diverse audiences.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of EDUTL 1901 or placement test score of EDUTL 1902
Graduate Core Courses
EDUTL 5901: Introduction to Academic Writing for Multilingual Graduate Students
3 cr | graded | undergraduate grade option
This course focuses on building familiarity with the expectations and rhetorical conventions of graduate level writing at an American university. Students will build fundamental writing skills as well as explore the specific conventions of their field in terms of language use, rhetorical practices, and source acknowledgment–including when the source is their own earlier work. Throughout the course, students engage in multiple genres of academic writing, building their fluency and confidence, and presenting their work in multiple mediums.
Prerequisite: placement test score of EDUTL 5901
EDUTL 5902: Advanced Academic Writing for Multilingual Graduate Students
3 cr | graded | undergraduate grade option
This course builds on the basic rhetorical and language skills necessary to write about and present research findings. Students will develop academic research skills, analyzing and synthesizing the literature of their field, and practice the rhetorical moves and language necessary to write about and present research following the preferred conventions of their own fields of study. Students will build evaluative and self-revision skills and will receive and negotiate linguistic and rhetorical feedback throughout the writing process.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of EDUTL 5901 or placement test score of EDUTL 5902
Graduate Elective Courses
EDUTL 6911: Coursework Writing for International Graduate Students
2 cr | graded S/U | repeatable up to 6 cr
This course is designed for international masters and doctoral students who need assistance with the composing and writing stages of course-related projects or papers (such as a research papers), graduate school/department requirements (such as a candidacy exam papers, concept papers, conference papers and presentations) and supporting genres (such as the statement of teaching philosophy and personal statement). The course also provides students further guidance and practice in editing for coherence, grammar, and style, as well as in using sources effectively. The course consists of whole class sessions and one-on-one tutorial sessions to address individual student needs.
Prerequisites: completion of EDUTL 5902 or Qualified status
EDUTL 6912: Research Writing for International Graduate Students
2 cr | graded S/U | repeatable up to 6 cr
This course is designed to help international graduate students in the preparation of conference papers, manuscripts for publication, and grant applications. Students will focus on at least one of these three academic projects for the semester. Class sessions concentrate on both the rhetorical and grammatical dimensions of academic writing, as well as the nature and forms of academic writing, the process of publishing and applying for grants, conference proposals and presentations, and communicating with other professionals. To be admitted to the class, the student needs to have an idea for a conference presentation, for a publication, or for a grant application. The course consists of whole class sessions and one-on-one tutorial sessions to address individual student needs.
Prerequisites: completion of EDUTL 5902 or Qualified status
EDUTL 6913: Dissertation, Thesis, and Proposal Writing for International Graduate Students
2 cr | graded S/U | repeatable up to 6 cr
This course is designed for non-native English speaking master’s and doctoral students who need assistance with the composing and writing stages of their thesis, proposal, or dissertation. The course consists of whole-class sessions that address general genre and rhetorical features of dissertations/proposals, as well as one-on-one tutorial sessions that address individual student needs with regard to revision of their work already in progress and/or the drafting of a new chapter or section. Needs identified by the student and addressed by the instructor may involve grammar, syntax, vocabulary issues, discourse or writing process concerns, effective use of sources and avoiding plagiarism.
This course does not provide editing/proofreading services.
Prerequisites: completion of EDUTL 5902 or Qualified status
