Additionally students have conferences with the instructors every two weeks . The conferences are essential to the methodology. This test is scored by the English department . The scores range from 2 to 8. The writing assignments emphasize organization strategies and formats for reports, proposals, and journal articles.
Students learn to write summaries, abstracts, introductions, and literature reviews.
They write 5-6 outside papers, culminating in a proposal, a report, or a research paper. The final paper is similar to what they eventually will write in their proposals for a master s thesis or dissertation. The purpose of the work in the final third of the course is to achieve the standards expected in professional conference or seminar situations. Students in this class appreciate and understand professional standards. Many have passed their qualifying exams.