Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

EDD 8860 Writing Seminar I

The ability to read critically, synthesize multiple academic articles, and write well-crafted scholarly papers are essential skills students need in order to be successful in the doctor of education program at Piedmont University. This hybrid course provides instruction designed to aid doctoral students in developing these essential skills.

Registration Name

Writing Seminar I

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Admission to doctoral program

Offered

Athens/Demorest: First Fall in sequence

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Examine basic conventions of scholarly writing. 

  2. Evaluate scholarly articles for elements of sophistication and clarity. 

  3. Apply principles of scholarly writing (e.g., synthesis, analysis, application, etc.). 

  4. Develop a scholarly practitioner disposition