
Overview
Key Features
By the end of this Introduction to Research for Essay Writing course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC Irvine, Division of Continuing Education, you will be able to complete all the steps in planning a research paper.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- choose appropriate research topics for college classes
- write detailed outlines for research papers
- find source material for research papers
- take and organize good notes for research
- use appropriate academic tone and language
- document sources by creating a Works Cited list in MLA format
- avoid plagiarizing your sources
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Research
- Doing Research and Planning the Paper
- Language for Research Writing
- More on Citing Sources and Formatting
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Visit official programme websiteKey information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Delivered
- Self-paced
Disciplines
Educational Research Creative Writing Literature View 39 other Short Courses in Literature in United StatesExplore more key information
Visit official 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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Visit official programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 1 months. -
National
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 USD for the full programme during 1 months.
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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.
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