ACAD 1501 F01: Preparation for Academic Writing: September - December 2015
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Course description

ACAD 1501 provides an overview of basic sentence, paragraph, and essay development in preparation for academic and public writing at the introductory level. Students learn to recognize and attend to various modes of writing and writing situations. Reading assignments direct students from basic comprehension to basic critical discernment, and writing assignments will direct students from summary and report to introductory analysis and argument. Introductory workshops in library research and documentation provide a basic preparation in information literacy.



Marc R. Plamondon, Ph.D. Department of English Studies Nipissing University