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1. THE SCHOOL OF GLOBAL STUDIES,
THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY,
RANGSIT CAMPUS, ACADEMIC
SERVICE BUILDING 33
KLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI
12121, BANGKOK
GSEM 1 - Academic Writing
Bangkok, September - December 2014
Teaching Staff
Tutor: Dr Charlie Thame,
charlie.thame@sgs.tu.ac.th
About this Course
This course will be delivered through 8 seminars of 3 hours.
Course Purpose
Although writing is first and foremost about content, content needs form in order to be
delivered in an appropriate and convincing manner. This is especially true of writing for
academic purposes. Although producing quality academic writing for degree assessment or
publication can be daunting, this course aims to transform the complexity of academic
writing into its essentials to ensure that Global Health Masters students are proficient in the
various aspects of academic writing. The course covers essential topics such as: planning,
note taking, plagiarism, citing and referencing, style, structure, the anatomy of an argument,
and the writing process itself.
Workload Requirement
Students are required to devote 3 hours per fortnight to successfully complete this course,
with the addition of occasional homework assignments. Students are required to participate
actively in the seminars and have a positive attitude in discussions during the course. The
tutor will engage with students both at group level and one-on-one when necessary.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of Preparing for Academic Writing, students should be able to:
• Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of writing products - including essay papers,
editorials, scholarly articles, poster presentations, and policy briefs
• Understand and recognise word forms and sentence functions
• Demonstrate correct use of basic punctuation
• Be able to locate and analyse the work of others
• Be effective note-takers
• Avoid plagiarism by summarising and paraphrasing the work of others correctly.

2. • Use quotations sparingly and effectively.
• Cite properly and be able to compile a reference list and/or bibliography.
• Critically analyse the work of others
• Give basic structure to academic essays
• Use either in-text or numerical references, understanding the difference between
Oxford and Harvard styles
• Build their own argument according to principles of logic
Teaching and Learning Strategies
The unit is presented through the following learning media:
1. The unit content, available from the tutor
2. The tutor, through seminars, consultations and email support
3. The students, students will also learn from peers and students are expected to contribute
to the learning of the whole group through seminars and groupwork
Since academic writing involves the development of several skills that you will get better at
with practice, seminars will involve as much practical activity as possible. This will include:
1. Written assignments, such as a literature review & referencing exercises.
2. Quizzes & open-book tests.
3. Wikis,
4. Personal contributions to discussions.
Class Schedule
Class Date Topic Contents
1 4th
Sept. Intro to Writing Orientation & Welcome. Academic workflow
& writing products.
2 18th
Sept.
Critical & Creative
Thinking
Types of reasoning (cause/effect,
compare/generalize)
3 2nd
Oct. Locating, Reading, &
Analysing the Woork
of Others
Quality of sources / evidence. Effective
notetaking.
4 16th
Oct.
Avoiding Plagiarism 1 Plagiarism & Academic Integrity. Literature
reviews, summarizing & paraphrasing.
5 30th
Oct.
Avoiding Plagiarism 2 Referencing & citation styles
6 13th
Nov.
How to Write a Paper
1
Outlining an essay & constructing an
argument. Structure & logic.
7 27th
Nov.
How to Write a Paper
2
Paragraphs, academic style.
8 11th
Dec.
Working with Words Editing. Capitalisation, collective nouns,
subject-verb agreement, word choice.

3. Assessment
There is no formal assessment during this course, so all the feedback given is intended for the
sole purpose of the student’s personal development. Nonetheless, students are required to
attend all seminars and complete all assignments.
Feedback
SGS and the course tutor value student’s opinions and are keen to receive any feedback that
you might have on this course. This helps us to continually improve our service and to refine
our courses. You will be asked to complete a unit evaluation at the end of the course, and
the tutor will gladly receive any comments via email during the course.