Learning Outcomes
An introduction to university-level standards of composition, revision, editing, research, and documentation. A study of the methods and conventions of academic argumentation and research with an emphasis on the skills and practices required to produce academic essays: finding and evaluating sources, formulating research questions, developing thesis statements, constructing arguments, and carrying out various types of analysis.
Course Content (Syllabus)
•Read texts critically and assess their rhetorical, ideological, and aesthetic strategies.
•Use library resources to research a topic in preparation for a debate or paper.
•Think independently and critically about literature, media, and the issues raised by texts.
Additional bibliography for study
Προτεινόμενη Βιβλιογραφία:
Carnell, Eileen, Jacqui MacDonald, Bet McCallum (2008) Passion and Politics: Academics Reflect on Writing for Publication. Institute of Education, University of London.
Giltrow, Janet.(2002). Academic writing: writing and reading in the disciplines. Peterborough, Ont.; Orchard Park, NY: Broadview Press.
Swales, John M. (2012). Academic writing for graduate students: essential tasks and skills. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. Διαθέσιμο Online: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1312/2012454741-d.html
Umberto Eco (1994). Πώς γίνεται μια διπλωματική εργασία. επιμ. & μετάφραση: Μαριάννα Κονδύλη. Αθήνα: Νήσος.
Κουτσουλέλου-Μίχου, Σταματία (2009). Όψεις του ακαδημαϊκού λόγου. Gutenberg
Λιάντας, Γρηγόρης Μ. (2014). Σύγχρονη επιστημονική τεχνογραφία. Αφοι Σταμούλη.
Περιοδικό:
Journal of Academic Writing (2011-)