COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ENG 401	A	1	3	0	0	3	7.5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Mirela Alhasani , Wednesdays 10:45-12:30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	E211 Fridays 18:00-20:45
Course Description:	The course is designed to prepare master’s level students to read critically and efficiently and equip them with the writing skills for academic literature reviews and articles. Towards this goal, students read and critically discuss scholarly articles and books, analyzing the structure, ideas,and language of each. Proper use of sources is emphasized in this course. Students review writing norms in the social sciences, and work on developing appropriate vocabulary, sentence structures, paragraphs, and the language for an academic article, including titles, abstracts, introductions, literature reviews, methods, results, discussion, and reference sections. Spoken English is practiced in discussions and presentations.
Course Objectives:	Students are equipped with reading strategies and writing skills to succeed in their graduate studies.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Academic Reading and Writing for graduate studies - What is it all about ?
2	Effective Reading strategies / R. Kaplan's cultural thought patterns in inter-cultural education
3	Assessing arguments in the assigned scientific literature / reading tasks
4	Source evaluation prior to drafting and writing process
5	Incorporating other's work in your research paper/ citation and reference styles
6	Issues related to research methods and tools to collect data for qualitative research
7	The nature of argumentative research paper- Students' individual illustration in practice
8	Coherence; Cohesion ; Making decisions about style of writing
9	Differing the features and functions of introductions, body analysis, conclusions, summary and synthesis
10	Language awareness and thesis statement issues
11	Writing Master Thesis research proposal and the literature review
12	Presentation of initial draft of research paper by students
13	Peer feedback and evaluation/ lecturer and students evaluative inputs
14	Presentation and defense of the final research paper as an output of the scaffolding learning process through the semester

Prerequisite(s):	Intermediate or higher English skills.
Textbook:	Umberto Eco (2015) How to Write a Thesis John Swales and Christine Feak (2012) Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd Edition
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	For research, writing, and presentations
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Students will read efficiently and critically
2	Students will use academic vocabulary and style
3	Students will critically review peer work
4	Students will critically engage with academic litearture
5	Students will write and revise academic papers
6	Students will present academic work to a critical audience

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Economics Program
1	Students apply advanced knowledge in economics
2	Students explain the interaction between related disciplines and economics
3	Students apply scientific methods to address economic problems
4	Students define existing theory in a specialized branch of economics
5	Students critically evaluate knowledge in economics and carry out advanced research independently
6	Students develop economic models and formulate policy options
7	Students make an original contribution to the discipline
8	Students effectively communicate in a variety of professional and academic contexts
9	Students will develop new strategic approaches for unexpected, complicated situations in economics and take responsibility in solving them
10	Students uphold and defend ethical values data collection, interpretation and dissemination
11	Students use advanced empirical analyses to address social problems
12	Students interact with professional networks in their field of specialization

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Homework	2	10
Presentation	1	20
Term Paper	1	60
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	5	80
Mid-terms	1	20	20
Assignments	1	9.5	9.5
Final examination	1	30	30
Other	1		0
Total Work Load:			187.5
Total Work Load/25(h):			7.5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			7.5