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Online Class: Writing for Academic Purposes

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Basic Course: $30.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $55.00
This course is for students at all levels from high school to Ph.D. level. The lessons will help the student craft a thesis statement; provide information on how to use the library and the internet to search for sources; and tips to improve writing skills for academic writing; and how to cite sources correctly. Students will also be directed to useful sites on the internet to learn everything they need to know about researching and writing, thus saving the time and trouble of searching. Every student at some point is required to write a research or term paper no matter what subject area. Writing an academic paper takes different skills than writing a letter to a friend or an elementary school essay. Although there is a lot of information available on writing skills,a student still needs someone to guide them through the process from choosing the topic to writing the reference list. Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
0.5 CEUs

Course Description

Writing an academic paper requires different skills than writing a letter to a friend or writing an article for a consumer magazine. Although there is a lot of information available on writing skills, a student still needs specific guidance through the process from choosing the topic to writing the reference list.

 

This course is for students at all levels from high school to Ph. D. level. The lessons will help the students craft a thesis statement, provide information on how to use the library and the internet to search for sources, tips to improve writing skills for academic writing, and how to cite sources correctly. The course also directs the student to useful sites on the internet about researching and writing, thus saving the student the time and trouble of surfing the internet.

 

If you have a term/research paper to write, this course will be an excellent opportunity for you to have someone walk you through it. The tutor will help you at each step so that you can revise, correct and re-write before handing in the final paper.

 


Writing an A Plus Research Paper taught by Dr. Marilyn Atherley is a course that will guide the student through the research study from choosing a topic to conducting the research and literature review and writing up the paper. Dr. Atherley is a university lecturer and has been tutoring students for many years up to graduate level. She has observed just where the students have difficulties with research papers. This course will help students through these difficulties. The class goals are: 1.To help the students choose a suitable topic for a research paper. 2. To help the students craft a thesis or problem statement and research questions. 3. To help the students search the literature and write a literature review and bibliography. 4. To develop good academic writing skills.

Students may start this class at any time. It is advised not to wait until you actually have a paper assigned and are working on a deadline, but to complete the course before hand. Once you are a student it is almost inevitable that you will be required to write a paper at some time. If you are working on a deadline for your paper then pace yourself through the course in tandem with completing each section of your paper. The course will not be graded.

Dr. Atherley is a University Lecturer in Early Childhood Education since January 2001. Tutor. Masters' Programme in Education programmes offered in the Caribbean by the University of Sheffield, England and an Educational Consultant. She also designs and implements training workshops for teachers and others.


This course offers 0.5 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Choosing a Topic - This lesson will provide you with sources of ideas to help you choose a topic and help you to refine your research topic.
  2. The Thesis Statement - In this lesson students will derive research questions and use these to formulate the thesis statement for the paper.
  3. Locating Information - This lesson will introduce the students to the use of the library and the internet for locating sources of information. It will also help in making notes of the information gathered.
  4. Writing the Paper - In this lesson you will understand the different types of writing required in different disciplines; but learn the key elements of writing required. The lesson gives key points for the introduction, body and conclusion of the paper.
  5. Finishing Your Paper - In this lesson students will learn about APA and MLA styles of citing references and the importance of including a list of references with the paper.
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Optional Certificates Awarded

  1. Certificate of Class Participation
  2. Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
  3. Certificate of Academic Excellence

Certificates awarded by the instructor will vary and are based upon student merit. Any awards you earn are considered unofficial (or temporary) unless you decide to make the award official. To make an award official, there is a $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and shipping of a hard copy of the certificate as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Transcript Service. Official awards include a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award you earned for a lifetime (great for employers to verify your achievement).

Additional Information

Course Title : Writing for Academic Purposes
CEU Value : 0.5 (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 2978
Course Type : General Education
Course URL : http://class.universalclass.com/researchstudy
Course Review : Reviewed & Approved on March 26, 2002
Instructor : Marilyn Robb
Syllabus : View Syllabus
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $30.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $55.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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