What are the doctoral writing workshops?

The Office of Academic Support offers writing workshops on revising and editing the proposal for doctoral candidates. The workshops are six weeks long, and give students small group and individualized attention while they work on revising and editing drafts of their proposal. During the workshops students receive instruction, feedback, and support from both the instructor and peers. The workshops cost $195 each and are not credit bearing.

There are six workshops available to both quarters and semesters students:

• Preproposal Doctoral Writing Workshop

  • CAEX 8100 (quarter-based students)

  • CAEX 8105 (semester-based students)

  • NOTE: The Preproposal Doctoral Writing Workshop helps students write a draft of their preproposal document (premise or prospectus); this workshop does NOT help students revise and edit an existing draft.

• Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Proposal

  • ​CAEX 8010 (quarter-based students)

  • CAEX 8015 (semester-based students)

• Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Introduction

  • ​CAEX 8020 (quarter-based students)

  • CAEX 8025 (semester-based students)

• Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Literature Review

  • ​CAEX 8030 (quarter-based students)

  • CAEX 8035 (semester-based students)

• Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Methods Section

  • CAEX 8040 (quarter-based students)

  • CAEX 8045 (semester-based students)

• Doctoral Writing Workshop: Revising and Editing the Postproposal Sections

  • CAEX 8050 (quarter-based students)

  • CAEX 8055 (semester-based students)

To register, students must email their Student Success Advisor (contact information for Student Success Advising) and attach a 2-3 page excerpt from the relevant portion of their proposal draft (e.g., for the workshop on the introduction, students must include an excerpt from their introduction).

If you have any questions about the workshops, please visit the CAEX workshops webpage or email the CAEX Program.