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Writing the Academic Essay fosters the capacity for analytical thought about texts and language. The course also provides training in the writing of clear and effective prose, inculcates awareness of crucial structural and rhetorical features of expository writing, and encourages the application of that awareness to writing in a range of academic and professional contexts.
In this course, then, students will learn:to analyse prose, identify and summarise the argument of a text, and critique the argument of a text;to find information, to evaluate evidence and sources, and to manage the intellectual property of others while developing their own ideas;to produce clear writing of their own that is appropriate to a given audience and purpose;to produce a formal document, edited and proofread, that adheres to the standard mechanics of grammar and spelling.
Karen Saunders
There is no final exam in this course.
Required Text• Hacker, Diana; The Bedford Handbook (8th Edition, 2010). (Available from U.B.S.)
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Domestic fee $717.00
International fee $2,913.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Humanities .