EDD 8880 Writing Seminar II

This doctoral writing course is designed to continue progress from Writing Seminar I and provide advanced graduate students with the knowledge and skills necessary to write effectively for academic purposes. In this course, students will learn to structure and edit their writing, to use language and style appropriate for academic contexts, and to develop research and writing strategies to help them complete their research and dissertation. Through various feedback approaches, students will be able to refine their writing and develop the necessary skills for successful academic writing as a scholarly practitioner.

Registration Name

Writing Seminar II

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Offered

Athens and Demorest: Second Fall in sequence

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the candidate will be able to:

1. Explain the purpose of the admission to candidacy requirement.

2. Identify the different components of an annotated bibliography.

3. Describe the interconnectivity of the literature review to the other chapters of the dissertation.

4. Explain the roles and responsibilities of the doctoral student, dissertation chair, and research director.

5. Define a subject/topic for study as part of the admission to candidacy requirement.

6. Select information to address the key items associated with the subject/topic under study.

7. Categorize sets of facts in a logical fashion to prove the theses made about the research subject/topic.

8. Apply the skills needed to research and write the admissions to candidacy paper and literature review.

   1. Describe the “funnel concept” as applied to the admission to candidacy paper and literature review.

   2. Discuss the importance of summarization in the academic writing process.

   3. Explain the use of transition devices to improve the flow of academic writing and to avoid plagiarizing the work of others.

   4. Use APA headings appropriately (to include the elimination of orphan headings).

   5. Explain when to use direct quotes and to paraphrase the work of others.

9. Evaluate the quality of a literature review using an evaluation matrix.