Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Академическое письмо на английском языке
ID 1270242
Статус:
Факультатив (Социология)
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 2, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
2
Контактные часы:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course is designed to assist 4th year undergraduate students in writing a project proposal in sociology/social sciences in English. It also helps them in planning and designing their undergraduate thesis.
The main elements of the course are lectures and practice sessions covering various ways of writing the project proposal and thesis chapters. The course is taught in English.
Learning Objectives
- The course is designed to prepare students for work in academic and consulting fields in which research writing is a requirement. The class will combine lectures, discussions, and practice sessions to reinforce students’ skills in communicating ideas in oral presentations and in clear and effective academic prose. The course is divided into multiple lectures that will teach you how to write a BA thesis research proposal (a concise version), a longer version, and the BA thesis. In various parts of the course, you will learn to construct the micro-level “building blocks” of effective academic writing, such as choosing stronger words, writing concise and effective sentences, and shaping strong paragraphs. The course also focuses on rhetoric, cohesion, and incorporating evidence. Problem and solution, cause and effect, and other key models of academic argumentation will be reviewed. Eventually, the course also consolidates students’ visual presentation and oral discussion skills. All parts of the course incorporate exercises for the confident use of academic language and argumentation styles.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Learn about the basic structure of a proposal and a thesis.
- Here students learn to write a structured academic introduction to an essay, proposal, or thesis and give a proper title to it.
- In this session the students learn about engaging with various literature sources to coherently argue for or against the case.
- Here the students learn to properly argue for a conceptual and/or theoretical framework of a thesis.
- Developed ability to correctly choose and write on selected research methodology.
- Learned how to frame and ask a proper academic research question.
- Learned basic rules and principles of constructing hypotheses, assumptions, and conjectural statements.
- Here the students will learn basic principles of organizing data analysis and thesis chapterization.
- Here the students learn how to properly plan and write the concluding section of the thesis and note future possibilities of research.
- Learning basic bibliometric conventions and carefully avoiding plagiarism by following basic rules.
- Here the students learn how to present their research works and findings.
- Here the students learn about properly presenting their academic research and findings.
Course Contents
- How to write a good research/project proposal (and thesis)We specifically discuss essential sections of a good proposal and the connections between them.
- Title and the IntroductionHere students learn about various ways of naming a proposal and write a structured academic introduction to an essay, proposal, or thesis.
- Literature reviewThe students here learn about the logic and formats of naming a proposal and writing an introduction section.
- Conceptual/Theoretical Framework
- Research Design, Method, and MethodologyLearning the techniques for correctly choosing and writing research methodology
- Framing Research Questions
- Hypotheses, Assumptions, and Conjectural Statements
- Thesis Chapterization and Data AnalysisChapterization is the basic principle of organizing the thesis.
- Conclusion and Discussion
- Planning Bibliography and Plagiarism issues.learn to properly cite and avoid plagiarism
- Oral defense of proposal part I
- Oral defense of proposal part IIThe students learn about successful oral dissemination of their work.
Assessment Elements
- Final EssayFor this course you have to write a structured project proposal of about 1500 words + references
- Final Presentation of the essayPresent the proposal with slides in about 5-7 minutes.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- A critical introduction to social research, Henn, M., 2009
- A student's writing guide. How to plan and write successful essays, Taylor G., 2013
- Academic project presentations. Student's workbook: Презентация научных проектов на английском языке : Учеб. пособие для вузов, Кузьменкова, Ю. Б., 2009
- Academic project presentations. Презентация научных проектов на английском языке : учеб. пособие для студентов ст. курсов и аспирантов, Кузьменкова Ю.Б., 2013
- Academic writing : from paragraph to essay, Zemach, D. E., 2005
- An easyguide to research presentations, Wilson, J. H., 2015
- An introduction to data analysis : qantitative, qualitative and mixed methods, Bergin, T., 2018
- Bibliography and the sociology of texts, McKenzie, D. F., 1999
- Comparative politics today : a theoretical framework, Almond, G. A., 2008
- Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper, Fink, A., 2005
- Constructing research questions : doing interesting research, Alvesson, M., 2013
- Critical theory. Vol.2: Theoretical foundations, , 2004
- Developing effective research proposals, Punch, K. F., 2006
- Developing research proposals, Denicolo, P., 2012
- Developing research questions : a guide for social scientists, White, P., 2009
- Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academ..., Lipson, Ch., 2004
- Lire : balayage... Reperage... Formulation d'hypotheses..., Cavalli, M., 2000
- MacDonald, S. (2010). Professional Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Vol. Paperback ed). Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=367965
- Research methodology : a step-by-step guide for beginners, Kumar, R., 2014
- Social research methodology : a critical introduction, Gomm, R., 2008
- Telling a research story : writing a literature review, Feak, C. B., 2009