Spring 2027

Writing for the Profession

Graduate course covering academic genres including conference papers, grant applications, and publication processes with extensive writing practice.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Guillermina De Ferrari Rueda

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge concerning various genres related to conference presentations and scholarly publication

  • Utilize the techniques, skills and modern tools necessary for generating original, coherent, and compelling writing at various levels depending on your needs

  • Produce a substantial written piece or combination of pieces of publishable quality, such as a polished article manuscript that is ready for submission to an academic journal

  • Be prepared for careers as researchers

  • Demonstrate professional and ethical responsibility

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
SPANISH 771

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Spring 2027

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SEM 001Classroom Instruction0 / 150

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Student experience

the class

Overview of relevant academic genres through readings and extensive practice in writing, critiquing and editing. Genres include conference paper writing and delivery; grant applications; how to prepare an article for submission, how to choose a journal or a press, and the editorial process from consideration of a manuscript until final publication; to prepare a dissertation proposal, write a dissertation chapter, and an abstract for the job market. Students will work on their choice projects throughout the semester.

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Topics

  • Conference papers and grant applications
  • Journal selection and editorial publication process
  • Dissertation proposals, chapters, and job market abstracts

Skills

  • Writing, critiquing, and editing academic texts
  • Navigating the scholarly publication and editorial process
  • Preparing dissertation components and job market materials
  • Conference presentation preparation and delivery

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SPANISH 771 · Spring 2027

Writing for the Profession

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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