Academic Writing 3301-L2PA-AW

obligatory courses

The course aims to develop skills necessary to write an academic research work, including a BA dissertation. These skills are: the selection of topic, choice of materials, preparing an outline, writing the first draft and final version complete with the abstract, footnotes and bibliography according to the approppriate convention. The student is expected to write a research work (2000 words) on a topic of his/her choosing within the field of linguistics or Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. Each project (title, thesis, outline, bibliography comprising at least 5 critical positions) is discussed individually. The first draft should be presented halfway through the semester, while the final draft together with the abstract and footnotes two weeks before the end.