Courses are offered through the McGill Writing Centre for graduate students whose first language is not English, and some writing courses are offered in other units. These courses cannot be counted toward the requirements of a graduate program.

The courses are:

CESL 500 ESL: RESEARCH ESSAY AND RHETORIC. (3) (3 hours) (Prerequisite: Placement test or ESLN 400.) (Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EFRL 250.) For the nearnative speaker of English. Principles and use of academic research, genres, rhetorical strategies, and editing skills.

CESL 640 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACADEMIC WRITING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS. (3) (This course cannot be counted towards course requirements of any graduate program.) (Prerequisite: Placement test.) (Restriction: Open to graduate students for whom English is a second language. Not open to students who have taken ESLN 590 or ESLN 690 except with permission from the instructor.) Focus is on structuring an academic essay and expressing complex ideas. Multiple drafts. Independent learning strategies for academic reading, critical thinking, vocabulary building, and selfediting. Review of writing mechanics.

CESL 650 PRONUNCIATION & COMMUNICATION. (3) (3 hours) (Restrictions: Open only to graduate students for whom English is a second language.) (Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ESLN 550.) (Restriction: This course cannot be counted towards course requirements of any graduate program.) Focus on developing pronunciation and communication skills, including aspects of pronunciation that most affect intelligibility, and with verbal and non-verbal techniques for effective presentations.

CESL 660 PRONUNCIATION: INDEPENDENT STUDY. (0) Oral practice in a language lab using authentic materials specific to student's study.

CESL 690 WRITING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS. (3) (This course cannot be counted towards course requirements of any graduate program.) (Restrictions: Open only to graduate students for whom English is a second language and who are at the thesis/ dissertation writing stage except with permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken ESLN 590.) Audience, purpose, organization and style of graduate-level academic writing. Mechanics. Editing. Textual analysis. Critical thinking. Genres: problem-solution, general-specific, process description, data commentary, article summary/critique. Student work-inprogress. ESL diagnosis-correction. Multiple drafts. Extensive feedback including audio-taped commentary and individual conferences.

EDEC 645 SCIENCE WRITING AND PUBLISHING. (3) (Restriction: Limited to senior graduate students - Ph.D. 2 and above.) Techniques for writing reader-sensitive scientific articles and grant applications, including how to express abstract ideas.

REDM 610 WRITING SCIENCE ARTICLES 1. (3) (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.) (Restrictions: Restricted to graduate students in the Faculty of Science; graduate students from other faculties considered, space permitting. Enrolment is limited to 12 students. The language of instruction is English and it is not intended as an ESL course. Course is graded pass/fail.) Principles and techniques for clear scientific writing with an emphasis on how to transform complex ideas into direct and precise ones by explaining research to peers and writing for interdisciplinary audiences.

REDM 710 WRITING SCIENCE ARTICLES 2. (3) (Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.) (Restrictions: Restricted to Ph.D. students in the Faculty of Science; M.Sc. students from the Faculty of Science and Ph.D. students from other faculties considered, space permitting. Enrolment is limited to 12 students. The language of instruction is English and it is not intended as an ESL course. Course is graded pass/fail.) Skills for writing and publishing scientific articles, including peer-reviewed manuscripts and short, critical reviews of published articles. Topics include techniques for developing logical arguments and writing publishable manuscripts.