"Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write."
Annie Proulx
Class days & times: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30-4:00 pm
Modality: Face-to-face
Location: CHHS 153
Credit hours: 3 (pass/fail)
Professor: Lisa Russell-Pinson, Ph.D. (she/her/hers)
Teaching Assistant: Catherine Sawyers (she/her/hers)
This three-credit course requires three hours of classroom or direct faculty instruction and six hours of out-of-class student work each week for approximately 15 weeks. Out-of-class work may include, but is not limited to, required reading, homework, and written assignments.
Students must be currently enrolled in a graduate program terminating in a graduate certificate, a Master’s degree, or a doctoral degree.
Students who do not speak English as a first language must have already taken GRAD 6210/8210: Graduate-Level Writing for International Students or completed their K-12 and undergraduate education in an Anglophone country (e.g., U.S., U.K., Ireland,...).
Goodson, P. (2017). Becoming an Academic Writer: 50 Exercises for Paced, Productive, and Powerful Writing, Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Readings and materials identified by the instructor and made available through the GRAD 6212/8212 Canvas page
A laptop with a camera--If you do not own a laptop, you may borrow one for free from Atkins Library (Atkins offers this service even when the library is closed): https://library.charlotte.edu/check-out-request/borrow-laptops
Updated versions of Microsoft Word & PowerPoint--Download for free: https://charlotte.onthehub.com
Headphones with a microphone
Reliable internet access
Paper
Pencils and/or pens
Masks