Academic Writing 1155-12-M22-BA-AcWri

Handouts/reading will be assigned and available on the course e- learning site (Moodle) and MSTeams. The sessions are mainly hands-on, workshop-based, but short weekly readings will also be assigned. Additionally, each student will have a chance of discussing their writing needs in one compulsory meeting with the instructor.

In addtion to the academic writing skills we will aslo discuss the use of on-line NCU Library resources in literature review as well as refer to Zotero/Mendeley bibliography managers.
Topics:
1. The Faculty rules on Master’s Thesis writing
2. What is an academic style in Social Sciences- features, the use of hedging
3. Bibliography managers: Zotero/Mendeley – how to manage your reference list and in-text citations in APA7
4. How to write an effective literature review
5. How to describe your research methods
6. Individual advice