Бакалавриат
2024/2025
Академическое письмо на английском языке
Статус:
Факультатив (Социология)
Направление:
39.03.01. Социология
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 2, 3 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Рой Чоудхури Арнаб
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
2
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
- Complete a full draft of their qualification Project Proposal; prepare its presentation and defense
- Improve academic vocabulary, learn to choose stronger words
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using passive vs active voice
- Write concise, effective sentences and paragraphs
- Introduce, position and integrate source material into the body of a paper; employ quotation, paraphrase and summary; avoid plagiarism
- Complete a full draft of their Research/Project Proposal; prepare its presentation and defense.
- Understand the various ways in which research proposal and thesis can be organized.
- Write concise, effective sentences and paragraphs.
- Introduce, position, and integrate source material into the body of a paper; employ quotation, paraphrase, and summary; avoid plagiarism.
Course Contents
- Session 1 How to write a good research/project proposal (and thesis)
- Session 2. Title and the Introduction
- Session 3. Literature review
- Session 4. Conceptual/Theoretical Framework
- Session 5. Research Design, Method, and Methodology
- Session 6. Framing Research Questions
- Session 7. Hypothesis, Assumptions, and Conjectural Statements
- Session 8. Thesis Chapterization and Data Analysis
- Session 9. Conclusion and Discussion
- Session 10. Planning Bibliography and Plagiarism issues.
- Session 11. Oral defense of proposal part I
- Session 12. Oral defense of proposal part II
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
- Bailey, S. (2015). Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students (Vol. Fourth edition). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=862062
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Hartley, J. (2008). Academic Writing and Publishing : A Practical Handbook. New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=224109