Advanced Writing and Research Seminar

IWP 643
Four credits

This seminar is intended to introduce students to the art of research and writing. Its objective is to familiarize students with information: its acquisition, analysis, and communication. Students will be required to write short book reviews and a research paper, which will demonstrate the students' ability to research and analyze primary sources. Students may be required to take this seminar under certain conditions: their native language is not English, their writing is not deemed satisfactory by IWP professors, or the Admissions Committee requires it as a condition of admission.

Required Texts

Modern Times: World from the Twenties to the Nineties, Paul Johnson
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Kate L. Turabian

Principal Professor

Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

Professor of History, The Kościuszko Chair in Polish Studies {read more}

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FEATURED FACULTY

Norman A. Bailey

Consulting Economist; President, Institute for Global Economic Growth

U.S. Foreign Policy: Current and Future Challenges

This course will survey and evaluate the role of American foreign policy in the contemporary international system. Beginning with an introductory background setting, the course will systematically develop the several levels of geopolitical challenge to the national interest in major areas of the world.

Principal Professor

John J. Tierney, Jr.