Grammar and Style for Academic Writing

2 units

This course aims to provide the foundational grammatical and stylistic knowledge used in writing academic papers. Students in this course will improve and expand their knowledge of writing mechanics such as grammar rules; sentence structure; and lexical density, and register and how they pertain to academic writing. Students will also develop self-editing, proofreading, and vocabulary acquisition strategies to improve their stylistic choices. Students will furthermore be able to identify appropriate academic register and genre, and produce a variety of academic texts commonly used in American universities. Using self-drafted and professional writers' work, students will expand their repertoire of grammatical structures and improve the clarity and sophistication of their writing.