Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Writing from the University of California, Irvine

Improve your writing skills. Prepare for university-level writing and research in just four courses.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת ב-Writing של University of California

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

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Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Conducting in-depth academic research
  • Expressing ideas clearly in an academic format
  • Preparing an academic research paper on a topic of your choice

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Academic researchers
  • Graduate students
  • Research editors
  • Lecturers at the academy
  • Teaching professionals
  • Academic Project Managers
  • Academic advisors
  • Academic content writers
  • Education analysts
  • Research Methodologists

Internship – 5-part course series

The subjects offered in this specialization will help you succeed in any college-level course or professional field.

You will learn to conduct in-depth academic research and express your ideas clearly in an academic format.

In the final project, all the knowledge you have acquired during the courses will be consolidated into an academic research document on a topic of your choice.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Grammar and punctuation

Course 1
17 hours
4.7 (19,173 ratings)

What will you learn?

Do you need to brush up on your knowledge of English grammar? If so, this course is perfect for you. The first course in this specialization is a refresher on some of the tools required for good writing.

  • Identify the correct verb tenses to use
  • Use commas effectively
  • Utilize several different sentence types
  • Write more effectively in English

Please note that the free version of this course gives you access to all videos and downloadable materials.

Getting Started with Essay Writing

Course 2
19 hours
4.7 (3,195 ratings)

What will you learn?

This course will help prepare you for college classroom work, but anyone who wants to improve their writing skills can benefit from this course.

  • Create effective thesis statements for your essays
  • Plan and write comparison/contrast, cause/effect, and argumentative essays
  • Write well-developed body paragraphs

Please note: The lectures and activities are accessible for free, but you must upgrade to the paid version to participate in the questionnaires.

Advanced writing

Course 3
19 hours
4.7 (1,876 ratings)

What will you learn?

This course helps prepare for college-level work.

  • Plan and write a more refined argumentative essay
  • Identify plagiarism and explain how to prevent it
  • Read and analyze several articles to form your own opinion on the topic.
  • Find connections between multiple articles
  • Formulate thesis statements from your readings
  • Use sources effectively when writing an essay

Please note that the free version of this course gives you access to all videos and downloadable materials.

Introduction to research for essay writing

Course 4
19 hours
4.7 (1,041 ratings)

What will you learn?

This is the last course in the academic writing specialization before the final project.

  • Choose appropriate research topics for university courses
  • Write detailed outlines for research papers
  • Find source materials for research documents
  • Organize good records for research
  • Use appropriate academic tone and language
  • Document sources by creating a “works cited” list in MLA format

Project: Writing a research paper

Course 5
10 hours
4.7 (360 ratings)

What will you learn?

This project allows you to apply everything you have learned by writing a research paper.

  • Conduct research on an academic topic of your choice
  • Create an outline for planning your essay.
  • Write a short annotated bibliography
  • Write a 7-8 page research paper
  • Use source materials correctly with MLA format

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