• What is academic writing?
• Analysing the question
• How to write paragraphs
• Presenting an academic argument
• Relevance trees and the literature review
• Plagiarism and paraphrasing
• Referencing techniques

• Understand academic writing as a concept
• Understand and use an effective reading strategy
• Understand how to analyse a question
• Understand the requirements of different instructional keywords
• Outline and write an academic paragraph
• Understand how to combine paragraphs into an assignment
• Construct an academic argument
• Differentiate between explaining a concept and writing an academic argument for or against a concept
• Understand what is meant by relevance trees and how to construct it
• Understand what is meant by a literature review in academic writing and how to write a literature review
• Understand and apply what is meant by plagiarism, paraphrasing, and referencing

With us, you have access to online, academic, technical, and administrative support on a daily and continuous basis. As this is a distance learning qualification, a large part of self-study is required. We will, however, provide you with the foundations required and monitor and support you every step of the way.

Each module has various assessments. The assessments are short and focused, making sure your studies deliver maximum impact and take your busy schedule into consideration.

• Asynchronous and in-house options are available

Tuition

R  1 250 per learner

Registration

No registration fee.