NG5001 - Academic Communication for Graduate Researchers
Description
Designed for all PhD students of the NUS Graduate School (NUSGS), this course facilitates further development of students’ academic literacies in critical reading, writing and oral presentation. For critical reading, students will be guided to deconstruct and evaluate arguments – competences which students will then deploy by writing a proposal. In writing the proposal, students will need to demonstrate the ability to use suitable academic conventions. This proposal will subsequently be delivered as an oral presentation to a cross-disciplinary audience. This course utilizes a blended learning approach, where students’ learning experiences will comprise in-class and online synchronous and asynchronous lessons and activities.
Objectives
Through an academic literacies approach, PhD students are given opportunities to develop awareness and hone skills necessary for their academic goals. By the end of the semester, students in this course should be able to:
- synthesise information gleaned from the critical reading of academic texts;
- use appropriate academic writing strategies; and
- organize materials for academic communication purposes
Assessment
NG5001 is a 100% Continuous Assessment course.
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- Students will write a proposal to answer a conference call-for-papers.
- Students will deliver an 8-minute presentation of their conference paper.
There will be a 5-minute Question & Answer session during which they will take questions from the audience. The presentation will be delivered in-person and in class. - Students’ class participation will be evaluated based on meaningful contribution to online and in-class activities. This includes their ability to ask questions in class and during presentations. They will also submit a written response to feedback they received on their conference proposal.
- Students will independently complete three online electives.
Prerequisites
Preclusions
LC6378
Units
Four
Workload
3-3-0-0-4