ES5002

ES5002 - Advanced Level Writing

This advanced level module is designed for international students who are pursuing a PhD in NUS by research. All international PhD students who are not exempted from the Graduate English Course (based on their results for the Diagnostic English Test) are required to take ES5002. All PhD students from non-English medium universities in the School of Medicine are required to take ES5002.

It is a 48-hour module taught over 12 weeks with 2 two-hour tutorials per week.

The focus of ES5002 is primarily on the organisational structure and writing conventions of theses.

Objectives

At the end of this module students should be able to:

  • identify and write the four main structural elements of an Introduction;
  • identify and write the six main elements of a Conclusion;
  • identify the four main elements of an Abstract;
  • use transitional devices appropriately and effectively to maintain continuity; and
  • use correct tenses for different sections of a research paper or a thesis chapter.

Assessment

ES5002 is a 100% Continuous Assessment module.

Prerequisites

  • To be admitted to this module, students must have taken the Diagnostic English Test and received a ‘Band 3’, or passed ES5000, Basic Level Writing, and/or ES5001A, Intermediate Level Writing if required to do so.
  • PhD candidates generally take ES5002 in the fourth year of their candidature when they are writing their thesis.

Preclusions

None

Modular Credits

Nil

Workload

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