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Number 207
Subject ACADEMIC WRITING I
Title Academic writing I (Compulsory subject)
Offered
this year		 Yes
Instructor Yoshiharu MATSUURA
Format Lecture
Term offered 1st
Open to years M1&M2
Schedule Wed 1
Credit 2
Room Seminar Room 905
Course
outline		 This course introduces the participants to the first phase of academic writing. The first phase covers such topics as "Topic Selection", "Basic Research", "Survey Paper", "Bibliography Development", "Footnotes", "Table of Contents" and "Development of 'Introduction'." The participants are expected to learn the basic skills of academic writing with the method of "learning by doing."
Course
objective

Each participant is expected to develop basic academic skilss to write a ten-page survey paper in a specified format by the end of the semester. Each participant chooses a theme of this paper from his/her thesis topic.

In addition, each participant will make an oral presentation of his/her survey paper by using slides or Powerpoint toward the end of the course.
Textbooks

William Strunk, Jr., "The Elements of Style" which is available at:

http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Other teaching materials will be provided either in print or through the Internet.
Additional
references		 To be mentioned in the class. Some references on the web are provided through links.
Evaluation

Method of Evaluation

  1. Submission of all the assignments is essential.

  2. In addition, each participant must submit a ten-page survey paper in a proper format.

  3. Each participant is expected to make a brief oral presentation of a survey paper using slides. This set of slides is to be submitted as partial requirement of this course.

  4. Class participation is encouraged.
Prerequisites

Attendance is required.

If you know you will miss a class, please notify the instructor before your absense. If you cannot notify before, please report to the instructor via email, explaing the reason for your absense.
Remarks

If you feel difficulty of any sort, please feel free to contact the instructor.

Email is: matuura@nagoya-u.jp

Phone is: 789-3663

It is highly recommended to take other courses in academic writing.