HSF5100 – (CEP – Required Course)This seminar writing is aimed at graduate students (currently enrolled in M.A./Ph.D. programs in Hindu Studies) wishing to complete their pending writing assignments effectively. This course will cover the fundamentals of academic research and writing with a focus on finishing and submitting real examples of student work. Graduate Students should bring in current assignments (in whatever state they are).

They will be guided in how to write simple, cogent papers and how to make efficient use of their available time to produce a suitable term paper. In addition to the basic elements of style, we shall also learn the formal aspects of academic writing: how to correctly quote and cite sources, how to collect and referee previous scholarship, how to edit one’s own work, and how to incorporate existing research into one’s writing.