Writing Academic Research for Sociology

Course material will cover how to write an introduction, literature review, methods section, results section, and discussion. It will also include overviews on the style of academic writing, citation practices, and how to think about situating a research paper within a body of scholarly literature. Readings will stem from published resources on academic writing. Assignments include submissions of student writing (e.g., drafts of a literature review) and peer review of other students' written work. The final course requirement is a defended MA thesis or a thesis draft with a scheduled defense.