In this 6-week course, graduate students take the first step in developing their reading and writing skills for scholarly work. Students read a research article and summarize its parts, thus becoming more familiar with the language, structure, and style of the academic conversation. In addition to summary writing, topics include APA citation, scholarly voice, and revision. Students also maintain a journal of writing feedback they’ve received and apply that feedback to papers for their discipline-specific courses. After completion, students move on to Graduate Writing II: Intermediate Composition Skills.

• Evaluate scholarly writing for strengths and weaknesses
• Use a functional writing process that incorporates critical reading, prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing
• Write clear and mechanically correct sentences and paragraphs in standard English
• Incorporate Instructors’ comments on written work into revised drafts
• Write an evaluative essay with cohesive paragraphs that summarizes main ideas
• Assess progress with writing skills
• Develop a plan for continued learning of scholarly writing

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