Writing a Publishable Paper I

EDU S575Y Subject & Catalog Number

Description

***This course is only available to HGSE Doctoral Students*** This course is designed to help HGSE doctoral students write publishable papers. To reach this goal, this course combines applied research methods—including research design and data analysis, with a particular interest in the qualitative tradition—with supervised support for developing students’ academic writing. Class sessions will focus on: (1) developing and sharpening research questions; (2) conducting and writing the literature review; (3) reviewing research design and data collection procedures; (4) writing the methods section for the paper; and (5) writing the results section and conclusion to the paper. We will devote a portion of every class to the writing process. This is a year-long course divided into spring and fall modules, with a meeting schedule tailored to meet the needs of data collection and analysis. S-575Y will meet in the spring, S-576Y will meet late fall, and there will be at least two additional class meetings in between. The hope is that most students will design the research and receive permission from CUHS during the early spring, conduct data collection and begin analysis in the late spring and summer, and then finish the paper in the fall. To receive credit for S-576Y, the paper must be submitted to a journal. Students with quantitative projects welcome to apply. Interested students must meet with Heather Hill prior to entry into the course.
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to 15.