Spring 2027

Professional Writing and Reading (pwr) Seminar

Professional Writing and Reading Seminar provides professional development for doctoral-level researchers through guest presentations, writing workshops, reflection assignments, and student presentations.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify major outlets and publishing norms for your research area

  • Describe and employ writing and public presentation conventions specific to your research area

  • Employ strategies to help you be productive and grow professionally now and in the future

  • Articulate different career options and pursue those career options in your field of study

  • Describe strategies to engage with materials presented by a range of scholars from different disciplines

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Declared in Information PhD

  • Declared in Information PhD
LIS 925

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  • Declared in Information PhD

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Provides professional development for doctoral-level researchers. Includes presentations by guest speakers and/or faculty members, writing workshops, reflection assignments and student presentations.

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Topics

  • Publishing norms and research outlets
  • Writing and presentation conventions
  • Career options in the field
  • Cross-disciplinary engagement

Skills

  • Identify major outlets and publishing norms
  • Employ writing and public presentation conventions
  • Employ professional productivity strategies
  • Articulate and pursue career options
  • Engage with cross-disciplinary scholarly materials

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LIS 925 · Spring 2027

Professional Writing and Reading (PWR) Seminar

Recorded 2026-10-14
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    "term_id": "1274",
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    "title": "Professional Writing and Reading (PWR) Seminar",
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    "typically_offered": "Not Applicable"
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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