Academic Writing Courses
Academic Writing for Graduate Students
Due to the different expectations of different disciplines, our courses vary from department to department. However, the general aim of all courses is to help students to develop as writers within the academic community by raising awareness of, practicing and reflecting upon the conventions of written texts in English. During the course, students will:
- Improve critical reading skills, enabling students to think and write more clearly and incisively
- Identify the structural features of specific academic writing genres, relevant to each discipline
- Refine writing processes through generating ideas, drafting, peer evaluation and individual writing consultations
- Learn to take into consideration the expectations of one’s readership with regard to academic writing discourse
- Effectively use the work of others in writing, including use of sources and citation methods
- Expand and improve the students' ability to work independently by exploring new strategies for learning
The Center for Academic Writing’s courses are designed specifically for each discipline, including Economics, Environmental Sciences, Gender Studies, History, International Relations, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Nationalism, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Policy and Sociology.
Courses taught by us during the 2011/12 fall and winter semesters
The Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
ENVS 5112 - Academic Writing, Agnes Toth, Reka Futasz and Alan Norman Watt
Syllabus of Reka Futasz and Agnes Toth
The Department of Economics
ECON 5700 - Academic Writing, Thomas Rooney
ECON 5711 - Academic Writing, Robin Bellers, John Harbord
ECON 5712 - Academic and Policy Paper Writing 1, Agnes Toth, David Ridout
The Department of Gender Studies
GENS 5130 - Academic Writing, David Ridout, Andrea Kirchknopf, Sanjay Kumar and Elissa Lynelle Helms
Syllabus of David Ridout, Andrea Kirchknopf and Sanjay Kumar
The Department of History
HIST 5032 - Academic Writing I., Robin Bellers, Eszter Timar and Miklos Lojko
Syllabus of Robin Bellers and Eszter Timar
The School of Historical Studies
LANG 5004 - Introductory Academic Writing for two-year MA students, Andrea Kirchknopf
Department of International Relations and European Studies
IRES 5000 - Academic Writing and Research Design, John Harbord, Robin Bellers, Reka Futasz
Department of Legal Studies
LEGS 5000 - Thesis Writing Course, Sanjay Kumar
LEGS 5000 - Thesis Writing Course for SJD students, Reka Futasz
Department of Medieval Studies
Presentation Skills Workshop - John Harbord
Nationalism Studies Program
LANG 5000 - CAW Academic Writing, Andrea Kirchknopf
Department of Philosophy
PHIL 5000 - Academic Writing, Andrea Kirchknopf
Department of Political Sciences
POLS 5015 - Academic Writing for Political Science, David Ridout, Thomas Rooney and Eszter Timar
POLS 5100 - Thesis Writing - for the second-year students of the two-year program, Eszter Timar
Department of Public Policy
DPP 5000 - Academic writing for graduate students I John Harbord, Agnes Toth, Sanjay Kumar
Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
SOCL 5000 - Academic Writing, Thomas Rooney and Eszter Timar
Special courses and workshops offered by CAW
For Students
CV clinic
Writing successful career documents
Writing an effective statement of purpose workshop
For CEU Applicants
Writing a successful personal statement
Writing a compelling research proposal
For CEU Staff Members
Writing an effective e-mail
Effective summary writing
Translating from Hungarian to English
Report Writing
