Academic Writing

THE PURPOSE OF ACADEMIC WRITING

I think the basic premise of academic writing is, as the word academic suggests, writing in an academic context to an academic audience in an academic style. We expect students to go beyond what they have learned at high school and get them more into the scholarly writing that a college requires. Academic writing courses offered at the college level do not only serve for writing only for that particular composition class but it is also a skill that students use in their own departments when they are required to write an essay, conduct a research or prepare a presentation.

As any composition approach aims, academic writing, too, aims to get students to organize their thoughts on a given subject in order to communicate their ideas to their intended audience more effectively, using sound argumentations, reliable evidence and a persuasive style.

In contrast to other types of writing, academic writing deals with facts that are supported by verifiable data that you can gather from various sources. Therefore, we also expect students to acquire the library skills so that they can access and gather data from a variety of credible sources.