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WCOM 690. Writing for Graduate Students.

Credits: 3
Offered by: McGill Writing Centre (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Summer 2026
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Description

Audience, purpose, organization, and style of graduate-level academic writing with attention to mechanics, textual analysis, critical thinking and editing skills. Common rhetorical patterns to organize research writing, including problem-solution, general-specific, process description, data commentary, article summary/critique.
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CESL 690.
  • For graduate students only
  • **Due to the condensed nature of this course, the standard add/drop, and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal with financial penalty is the fourth lecture day.

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