Academic Writing: Developing Scientific Arguments 

Duration: 6 weeks 

Open to all students in natural and applied sciences (not social sciences)

Aims and Objectives: 

This course helps you to produce more effective argumentative writing within your science discipline. Key aims of the course are:

• To develop familiarity with common features of scientific arguments through the analysis of examples
• To consider the reasons underpinning these features of scientific writing
• To provide opportunities for controlled practice in producing these features of scientific argumentative writing