Course Description
This course assists both new students who wish to develop their graduate-level writing skills and ongoing students who wish to polish their skills.

Course Learning Objectives/Competencies
Students completing this course in Special Topics in Academic Writing will be expected to:
1. Write clearly, concisely, engagingly, and effectively both for scholarly and other professional purposes.
2. Demonstrate the use of correct grammar, spelling, and APA format

Course Tracks
This course is split into two tracks.
Track 1: First year students
Track 2: Students who are past the first year in the program and/or are working on larger projects such as concept paper, dissertation proposal, dissertation chapter, revising paper from another course in a previous term

Both Track 1 and Track 2 students will have full access to resources on Moodle site.
Please contact faculty if uncertain regarding which Track is most appropriate for your individual learning needs.

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Writing Phenomenology introduces you to writing rich descriptions of an experience of deep meaning for you. Perhaps it is an experience that becomes the topic of your dissertation. You will write eight protocols about your phenomenon of choice. Each writing exercise deepens your understanding of what that experience essentially is and how exists in your lifeworlds. We practice collaborative sharing using alternative interpretations (hermeneutics). We read together some basic texts on transformative phenomenology. You will come to see beyond the experience itself to the underlying transcendental consciousness.

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