Course Title: Academic Writing                                                                                                                                                                        FALL 2020

Course Code: URCE-5103

Credit Hours: 03

Instructor: SAMRINA SANA

Email: [email protected] 

Time Table

             BS III ( Regular & Self Support) 

             Monday & Tuesday     8:00-9:30 AM

                                                12:55-2:25 PM 

Description 

            Learning Outcomes, Course Contents, Recommended Books and Assessment Criteria

Academic writing is a formal, structured and sophisticated writing to fulfil the requirements for a particular field of study. The course aims at providing understanding of writer's goals of writing i.e. reading and writing. The objectives of the course are to make the students acquire and master the academic writing skills. The course would enable the students to develop argumentative writing techniques. The students would be able to the content logically to add specific details on the topics such as facts, examples and statistical or numerical values. The course will also provide insight to convey the knowledge and ideas in objective and persuasive manner. Furthermore, the course will also enhance the students understanding of ethical considerations in writing academic assignments and topics including citation, plagiarism, formatting and referencing the sources as well as the technical aspects involved in the referencing.