Writing Academic Arguments - The Art of the Essay, Short Course | Part time | Stanford University - Summer Sessions | Stanford, United States
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Writing Academic Arguments - The Art of the Essay

2 months
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4116 USD/full
4116 USD/full
4116 USD/full
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The Writing Academic Arguments - The Art of the Essay course at Stanford University - Summer Sessions is offered to High School students.

Overview

Stanford Summer Session provides high-achieving and ambitious students a transformative educational experience at a world-class university. By combining challenging academics with a rich array of extra-curricular programming, Stanford Summer Session successfully shares the University’s culture of innovation, academic excellence, and global responsibility.

Key facts:

How can you write college-level essays that hook readers and sustain their interest over the course of a well-researched argument?

In this course in Writing Academic Arguments - The Art of the Essay at Stanford University - Summer Sessions you'll learn how to craft good research questions, conduct ethical scholarly research, engage counterarguments, and write and revise academic essays.

You'll write a rhetorical analysis of a work that interests you, an essay, film, song, painting, etc. and develop a persuasive, research-based essay exploring a topic you feel passionate about. Does not meet the Stanford first-year writing requirement.

Programme Structure

The curriculum for this course focuses on:

  • Rhetorical Analysis
  • Print Research-Based Argument
  • Homework and In-class Work 

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Credits

3 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

To be eligible to apply, you must:

  • Be a current sophomore, junior, or senior, or a gap year student at the time of application.
  • Be at least 16 at the start of the program,
  • Not be matriculating into Stanford as freshman.
  • INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: Be able to verify fluency in the English language, using one of the methods described in the English Language Proficiency section on the International Students page.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    4116 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 4116 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
  • National

    4116 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 4116 USD for the full programme during 2 months.
  • In-State

    4116 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 4116 USD for the full programme during 2 months.

Living costs for Stanford

1100 - 1600 USD /month
Living costs

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