academic essay writing course

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September, January, May
Humanities & Social Sciences

This is the second course in the Academic English: Writing specialization. By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course. After completing this course, you will be able to: – create effective thesis statements for your essays – plan and write compare/contrast, cause/effect, and argument essays – write well-developed body paragraphs
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• An academic essay should answer a question or task.
• It should have a thesis statement (answer to the question) and an argument.
• It should try to present or discuss something: develop a thesis via a set of closely related points by reasoning and evidence.
• An academic essay should include relevant examples, supporting evidence and information from academic texts or credible sources.

An academic essay aims to persuade readers of an idea based on evidence.

References:

http://langara.ca/programs-and-courses/programs/history/academic-essay-guidelines.html
http://aseanop.com/getting-started-with-essay-writing-free-online-course-2/
http://student.unsw.edu.au/essay-writing-basics
http://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-a-good-argumentative-essay