Led by Essay Structure Coach Simulacrum
About this course
The second course in the Foundation Curriculum. Academic Writing and Essay Architecture teaches writing as reasoning — the paragraph as the smallest unit of argument, the essay as a sequence of warranted inferential steps.
Your host is the Essay Structure Coach Simulacrum. Module 2 is led by the Academic Supervisor Simulacrum, who identifies where the argument you intended diverges from the argument on the page.
Led by Essay Structure Coach Simulacrum
The question
Is every sentence advancing the argument? You will study the CEA unit (Claim, Evidence, Analysis) as the fundamental architecture of academic writing, the paragraph as the smallest unit of argument, topic sentences as micro-theses, logical transitions, and the structural difference between an essay that describes a topic and one that argues a claim about it.
Outcome
You can write and evaluate paragraphs as reasoning units — diagnosing CEA failures and constructing a three-paragraph argument sequence with logical transitions.
Sub-units
Led by Academic Supervisor Simulacrum
The question
Does the argument on the page match the argument you intended? You will study thesis stress-testing (So what? Who disagrees? Is this demonstrable?), the section audit, scope control, academic register and voice, citation architecture, and the full pre-submission checklist.
Outcome
You can assess your own writing against graduate standards — applying thesis stress-tests, conducting a section audit, and completing a pre-submission self-evaluation.
Sub-units