This course introduces you to the principles of English academic writing, the process of writing academic argument papers, and to strategies, assignments and exercises that develop their abilities as researchers, readers and writers of scholarly prose. Students will examine the general principles of composition, and the specific conventions of academic writing as practiced in several disciplines, particularly in the arts and humanities. Students will gain experience in locating, evaluating and using sources within their own writing. Students will learn to use all the steps of the writing process effectively and develop techniques to create interesting essays as used in college writing.