https://at-ceu.studyguide.timeedit.net/modules/UGST4030?type=COREThe course Introduction to Academic Writing is an introduction to the conventions and genres of academic writing. The aim of this course is to increase students' agency as writers by acquiring both the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary to produce texts for the interdisciplinary academic discourses. More specifically, students will have an opportunity to practice critical reading and writing, such as summarizing, analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing ideas. Students will also learn how to engage with scholarly sources effectively and incorporate them into their own texts. Students will practice presentation skills, so that they are able to prepare and deliver presentations in other classes. Students will finally learn how to construct and support a written argument, and how to best utilize their authorial voice.