SOCI 602: Writing for Public Sociologists

SOCI 602-001: Wrting for Social Sciences
(Fall 2016)

04:30 PM to 07:10 PM W

West Building 1004

Section Information for Fall 2016

Writing for the Social Sciences is run as a writing practicum and emphasizes a “learning by doing” . Students will engage the writing process intensively and deliberately, both in class and outside class, will read and evaluate different writings in the social sciences, providing evaluation and critique of them in the process of honing and refining their own writing skills. Students will develop strategies for writing regularly, for managing anxiety about writing, and developing critical, but constructive strategies of self evaluation. Students will gain practice in different types of writing undertaken by social scientists including research reports, scholarly journal articles, and research proposals. Students will also gain skills in social science writing directed at a broader audience of readers including, editorials, white papers, research briefs and new releases, blogs and non-scholarly articles. Students will read examples of the range of writings by social scientists, identifying persuasive argument, how to advance a claim and the productive use of evidence.

 

This course will be offered every fall. Student should plan to take this course toward the end of coursework to assist with the proposal for their MA project, MA thesis, or doctoral dissertation.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Course will concentrate on writing for various publics and popular audiences. Written mediums explored include, blogs, op-eds, essays, briefing papers, research reports, research proposals and book proposals. Emphasis will be upon jargon-free prose that is accessible to policy makers as well as the general public. May not be repeated for credit.
Registration Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.

Enrollment is limited to Graduate, Non-Degree or Undergraduate level students.

Students in a Non-Degree Undergraduate degree may not enroll.

Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Graduate Regular scale.

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