Undergraduate (3rd and 4th years)
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Last updated at Oct 17, 2025.
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Last updated at Oct 17, 2025.
Class plans and classrooms are subject to change, so be sure to check UTAS for the latest information.
If you do not have access to the UTAS, please contact your instructor or academic affairs office.
Academic Writing II
"Academic Writing I (or II)" is designed to help graduate and undergraduate students understand and write academic essays necessary to participate in the academic conversations that form the intellectual community. This course pays special attention to learning the basic principles of reading, summarizing, and paraphrasing a text.
By writing multiple drafts of sentences, paragraphs, and summaries ranging in theme such as gender, race, class, capitalism, and surveillance, the goal is to learn that writing is a process of forming and refining one's ideas. Rather than approaching writing as an innate talent, the course presents writing as a skill that can be practiced and developed.
Code
Course title
Lecturer
Semester
Period
04220012
FLE-XX4102L2
Academic Writing II
Tue 3rd
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Language
Japanese/English
Credit
2
Lecturers with practical experience
NO
Other Faculty
YES
Course Offered by
Letters
Schedule
1. Class introduction
2. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ #1 Becca Gerken-Halwkins "Maybe You Only Look White"
3. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ Reading/ Comments
4. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ Reading/ Comments
4. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ #2 Kimberly Barret "Deconstructing Race Will Help Eliminate Racism"
5. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ Reading/ Comments
6. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ Reading/ Comments
7. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ #3 Marja Bijl "Action for Gender Equality Conference"
8. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ Reading/ Comments
9. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ Reading/ Comments
10. Library Seminar
11. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ #4 Judith Bulter "Commencement Speech at McGill University 2013"
12. Lecture/ Elements of Style/ Reading/ Comments
13. Summary/ # 5 Final Paper Project Announcement
Teaching Methods
This is a face-to-face course(online participation is possible under permission), and you will need to attend class and submit assignments on time unless otherwise instructed. There will be plenty of reading and writing activities along with group discussions. We will discuss and write English as much as we can during the semester. The syllabus is subject to change.
Method of Evaluation
Class Performance (20%)
Assignments (40%)
Final Paper (40%)
Required Textbook
1. Weekly reading materials will be provided by the instructor.
2. Strunk, William, Jr. The Elements of Style, classic edition. Edited by Richard De'Amorelli. Spectrum, 2018.
(Or, a newer edition is possible. There are plenty of used books from internet book stores and it is recommended that you prepare your book before class).
Reference Books
1. Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 9th edition. U Chicago P, 2018.
2. MLA Handbook 8th edition, Modern Language Association of America 2016.
Notes on Taking the Course
Class participation is vital to this course. Students must be present on the first day of class to register. Students who have earned credits for "Academic Writing 1" during S-term are ENCOURAGED to register for a higher-level academic writing class (Intermediate/ Advanced class).
Others
Substantive preparation for the next class is strongly encouraged. Classes will be conducted based on the assumption that students have prepared.
