A broad definition of academic writing is any writing done to fulfill a requirement of a college or university. Hence, this course is an introduction to scholarly (Academic) writing. It provides third year students with descriptions and techniques of the type of writing they are going to us when writing their research or any writing assignment given in an academic setting (e.g. Books and book reports, Translations, Essays, Research paper or research article, Conference paper, Academic journal, Dissertation and Thesis - These are written to obtaining an advanced degree at a college or university, Abstracts...etc)