RES PRC 182Developing Your Research Skills: Reading, Writing, and Sharing Academic Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Practice · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for visiting juniors and seniors in Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program who are engaged in multi-year research projects in humanities and social sciences at home institutions. Focus on development of three important research skills: reading scholarly writing, writing for scholarly audiences, and presenting research for academic and general audiences. Students are supported in producing seven to eight pages of polished writing in form of literature review, thesis chapter, or another meaningful unit of writing as agreed upon with instructor. Students learn to write abstract and present work orally and visually. Approaches reading, writing, and sharing academic research as ongoing, iterative processes. Students gain necessary tools to succeed in all parts of research process. Concludes with symposium in which work is presented.
P/NP grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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