SGPS 9103: Writing in Graduate School

Course Description

This six-week course will introduce you to the fundamentals of English grammar and provide you with the tools to write clear, correct, and accessible academic prose. Emphasis will be placed on the basic principles of effective academic writing and on establishing a foundation that will allow you to develop into a confident academic writer. You will complete a series of short assignments modeled on the lay abstracts typically required for grant applications, and give one short presentation.

The course is open to graduate students across all disciplines. It is ideal for students who need to acquire a basic understanding of English grammar, who need to improve their foundational writing skills, and who would like to polish their grant writing skills. By the end of the course, you will have learned the basics of English grammar, improved your editing/proofreading skills, improved your writing skills, practiced your presentation skills, learned how to present your research to a general audience, and completed a lay abstract suitable for inclusion in a scholarship or grant application.

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