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Course Description

Improve Your Writing Skills for Graduate School Success: the Introduction to Graduate Writing Online Course is Ideal for International Scholars

For international students attending a Master’s or Doctoral (Ph.D.) program in the U.S., communicating through writing and presenting research are required skills, whatever the discipline.

Offered through the University of San Diego’s English Language Academy, Introduction to Graduate Writing is an online graduate-level writing course that provides international scholars with the background, instruction, and practice needed to successfully write research papers.

Who is the Graduate Writing Skills Course For? 

Introduction to Graduate Writing is designed for non-native, English-speaking international students who wish to prepare for the rigors of writing research papers in a graduate-level academic program at a U.S. college or university, but who prefer to do so in an online, asynchronous format. Even though others may also benefit from this course, it is primarily geared toward international scholars with an advanced proficiency in English.

Learner Outcomes

Our graduate-level writing skills course is laser-focused on teaching participants how to write academic essays, specifically research papers. To get the most out of the course, students should already have solid writing skills and be ready to take the next step.

Introduction to Graduate Writing will cover:

  • The style and language of graduate writing
  • Understanding genre (form, content, and style of writing)
  • Conducting research and evaluating sources
  • Understanding APA style, commonly used in academic writing
  • Writing with sources and attribution
  • Synthesizing sources/annotating a bibliography
  • And more

Course Details

Course Format: This course is offered in an asynchronous, online format.

Curriculum: This course is offered to you as a fully online, self-paced and self-directed learning experience. 

Instructors:  USD faculty, experienced in online teaching techniques, provide a stimulating online learning environment.  All instructors hold a Master's degree or higher.

Program Requirements: Advanced level of English proficiency.

Recommendations

Advanced level of English proficiency.

Applies Towards the Following Certificate(s), Professional Programs and Series

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