50 graduate courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for Spring 2023, from UW Open Data. uwloo can’t read that term’s Graduate Calendar, so this stands in for it; the calendar itself is in Waterloo’s archive.
A course designed to foster an understanding of the fundamental notions of critical inquiry and to provide training in intellectual and practical skills common to research in the areas of applied linguistics, film and literary studies.
Major currents in twentieth-century literary theory are discussed and applied to primary texts so that students can develop their own critical position.
A course designed to foster an understanding of the fundamental notions of critical inquiry and to provide training in intellectual and practical skills common to research in the areas of applied linguistics, film and literary studies.
Major currents in twentieth-century literary theory are discussed and applied to primary texts so that students can develop their own critical position.
Writing skills do provide an important tool in the academic world and are necessary for writing essays, presentations and research papers. However well you know your subject, it is not necessarily an easy task to talk and write about it. Therefore this course is designed for students who want to develop or imporove their academic writing skills and presentation techniques. The focus of the course is on processes of generating ideas, collecting information, and establishing a thesis statement. Furthermore it also gives an introduction to the development, structure, argumentation forms, and stylistic issues of academic papers with special attention to North American usage. This course is taught either in Waterloo or Mannheim Germany.
The function of the MA Colloquium is the preparation and discussion of the MA thesis. It covers key components of the thesis and the writing process, such as theoretical reflection on relevant literary, cultural, linguistic or media theories, research methodologies, existing research and the writing of a research report, as well as techniques for presenting research results.
The course encompasses two learning elements: A Knowledge Transfer Project and an Intercultural Reflection. Both elements are designed to encourage reflection on your academic and experiential learning progress and to engage with a wider audience.