Overview
Key Features
By introducing you to three types of academic essays, this course will especially help prepare you for work in college classes, but anyone who wants to improve his or her writing skills can benefit from this course.
After completing this Getting Started with Essay Writing course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC Irvine, Division of Continuing Education, you will be able to:
- create effective thesis statements for your essays
- plan and write compare/contrast, cause/effect, and argument essays
- write well-developed body paragraphs
Note: The lectures and practice activities are available for free, but you must upgrade to the pay version in order to take the quizzes and get feedback on writing assignments.
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Visit programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Essay Writing
- Writing Compare/Contrast Essays
- Writing Cause/Effect Essays
- Writing Argument Essays
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Visit programme websiteKey information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Delivered
- Self-paced
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Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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International
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 1 days. -
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FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 1 days.
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Funding
Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.