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Atkinson Writing Programs

Writing Programs offers a variety of courses to help students develop their research and writing skills. It also provides the English as a Second Language course for the Faculty, and is the home of the Essay Tutoring Centre. Writing courses may be taken for elective credit. The ESL course also counts as a humanities general education course.

Writing Programs Courses (full course descriptions are available in the Courses of Instruction section):

* AK/ENSL 1450 6.00 Thinking about Contemporary Canada

*This course comprises the ESL requirement for incoming ESL students. It may be counted as fulfilling the general education humanities requirement or as an elective credit.

AK/WRIT 1400 6.00 Critical Thinking, Reading and Writing

AK/WRIT 2000 3.00 Writing and Research About Business

AK/WRIT 3900 3.00 Professional Writing for Nurses

AK/WRIT 3988 3.00 Effective Writing and Research

AK/WRIT 3989 3.00 Writing in the Workplace

Essay Tutoring Centre

The Atkinson Essay Tutoring Centre provides students with one-to-one and group instruction in essay writing. All instruction, both individual and group, is based on students' course assignments, usually on the draft of an essay, or other writing assignment, in progress. Instructors will not edit papers. All Atkinson students enrolled in Atkinson courses, at whatever level, and at any stage of a particular course assignment, are welcome to make appointments at the Centre. Appointments are for fifty minutes and are available evenings Monday through Thursday. Daytime appointments are available on some weekdays and on Saturday. The Centre is located on the first floor of Atkinson. Appointments for individual and group sessions can be made at 118 Atkinson Building (Writing Programs/Essay Tutoring Centre) or by calling 416-736-5289.

 

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