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EL10692: Academic writing for postgraduate research

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2015/6
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Academic Skills Centre
Further information on credits Credits: 3
Further information on unit levels Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 2
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • EU10692 (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The aim of this course is to improve students' academic writing skills to enable them to write theses and other extended research papers.

Learning Outcomes:
Having completed this unit students will be better able to:
* Plan and write an outline paper for a thesis
* Understand how to structure a doctoral thesis
* Identify and apply the discourse features of the different sections within a thesis
* Take notes from and summarise texts
* Critically evaluate texts
* Incorporate ideas from source material, including direct quotations, without plagiarising
* Adopt a position in relation to others' research and opinions
* Refer to sources appropriately within the text and in the references section of a paper
* Link ideas within and between paragraphs
* Write objectively in an academic style appropriate to their level and discipline
* Identify and correct errors in grammar, punctuation and style.

Skills:
Having completed this unit students will be better able to:
* Analyse the requirements of a task
* Plan a task
* Think critically about the research or opinions of others
* Communicate ideas through writing.

Content:

* Planning and writing a research proposal
* Incorporating reading material and avoiding plagiarism
* Referring to sources
* Structure of a thesis
* Addressing other tasks required by doctoral students, such as abstracts, literature reviews, transfer papers
* Paragraph structure
* Cohesion within and between paragraphs
* Academic style - showing and avoiding personal commitment
* Grammatical accuracy and punctuation
* Proofreading and editing
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

EL10692 is a Generally Available Unit which is available to all students of the University (subject to the usual constraints) to take as an 'extra' unit which does not count towards a final award.

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Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2015/16 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2016/17 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2015/16.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.