0.2 Table of Contents of this Course

Module 0

  Course Organization and Navigation

Although the course is organized along the chronology of a typical academic writing project, with the search for a topic and a supervisor at the start, and the publication of the result at the end, you do not need to work your way through each and every module to understand the subsequent ones. In particular, if you already have a topic and/or a supervisor, feel free to skip those units or click through them quickly. This tool is now yours and you can flip through it back and forth as you see fit.

The easiest place for you to navigate from will be Modules in the column on the left; this will show you the complete outline of this course, including assignments. For your convenience, the title of each module is listed below:

Module 0: Getting Started [you are here]

Module 1: Identifying Your Project, Assessing Your Problem

Module 2: Finding the Topic of Your Writing Project

Module 3: Finding Your Supervisor or Advisor for the Writing Project

Module 4: Drafting a Thesis Statement and a Time Table

Module 5: Identifying, Collecting, and Evaluating All Relevant Primary and Secondary Sources

Module 6: Organizing Information, Ideas, and Arguments from Hundreds of Sources with the Help of a Mind Map

Module 7: Writing the First Draft

Module 8: Plagiarism and How to Avoid It

Module 9: Incorporating Feedback and Preparing the Final Draft

Module 10: Getting Published and Other Uses of the Writing Project