Foundations of Critical Thinking and Writing II: Anlysis and Synthesis

Catalog description

FND-7050 is the second of two required skills seminars in the curriculum of the Ph.D. Program Leadership and Change. This course builds on the foundation, skills, and techniques of scholarly writing acquired in ACS 700. Students will explore the conventions of scholarly writing including argument formation, analysis, synthesis, the literature review, and critical engagement with other scholarship. Reading in their own fields of study, they will familiarize themselves with methods of social inquiry that are applicable to their specific areas of research. Finally, they will map the scholarly conversation around their topic and explore effective strategies for joining those scholarly conversations.