Academic Writing and Communication (OPEN UNI)

From

28.8.2025

5 cr

The course is designed primarily as an academic skills course, but students will be introduced to topics ranging from rhetoric and etymology to selected issues in the cultural landscape of the contemporary Anglophone world. A focus of the course will be to reinforce students’ awareness of appropriate written English, including grammar, vocabulary, punctuation, and sentence structure.

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Additional information:

Fields

Humanities

Scope

5 cr

1 component

Code

AY682428P

What you need to know before the course

What you will learn

Upon completing the course, students will have demonstrated competence in core skills considered essential for writing at the university level. In the first part of the course, effective reading and note-taking strategies will be introduced, along with principles of academic reference and citation. In the second part of the course, students will complete tasks designed to strengthen grammar and vocabulary skills and encourage sound rhetorical organization. Student writing will be critiqued at the draft stage in small group workshops and the importance of revision and rewriting emphasized. In the final part of the course, students will work together in small groups preparing a project.

Additional information

Organiser

Oulun yliopisto

Contact details

avoin.yliopisto@oulu.fi

Belongs to themes:

Society and interaction