Graduate Studies (GRST)

GRST 605. Reading and Conference: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

GRST 607. Seminar: [Topic]. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

GRST 608. Workshop: [Topic]. 1-16 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

GRST 610. Experimental Course. 1-5 Credits.

Repeatable.
Repeatable 99 times

GRST 621. Academic Discourse. 4 Credits.

For international graduate students. Strategies for effective interaction and discussion in academic settings, including lectures, seminars, and campus events. Feedback on intelligibility, accurate language use, and cultural appropriateness.

GRST 624. Teaching in United States Universities. 4 Credits.

Strategies for successful communication with undergraduates. Focuses on increasing cross-cultural awareness and developing language and interaction skills for effective instruction. Topics include presenting material, fielding questions, leading discussions, supervising labs.

GRST 628. Scholarly and Professional Texts. 4 Credits.

Students will acquire skills and apply strategies to improve graduate-level reading effectiveness and comprehension by identifying the type of text, purpose for reading, rhetorical structures and features, and active vocabulary building. Field research into the types of rhetorical styles encountered in academic disciplines and matching appropriate reading strategies per style will be included. While this class targets international and non-native English-speaking students, any graduate student is welcome to join.

GRST 631. Graduate and Scholarly Writing I. 4 Credits.

Prepares first-year international graduate students to write academic papers; emphasis on fluency, organization, discourse conventions, accuracy, documentation, and appropriateness for writing tasks, including summaries, reviews, projects, reports, and research papers.

GRST 635. Reading for the Legal Profession. 4 Credits.

This course is designed to assist international students in the LLM program to understand the structure and cultural and institutional expectations of graduate-level law degree programs. It will also assist students in acquiring specialized legal vocabulary, recognizing and comprehending legal rhetorical styles and texts, and developing reading skills specific to the legal profession. Concurrent enrollment in the LLM Fundamentals of American Legal Systems course required.

GRST 636. Writing for the Legal Profession. 4 Credits.

This course is designed to support international LLM students in comprehending legal rhetorical styles and formats, and in acquiring the skills required to write a variety of legal texts that are accurate and which adhere to specialized legal writing conventions. Target texts include various types of briefs, motions, and memoranda. Concurrent enrollment in the LLM Comparative Legal Systems course required.

GRST 637. Master of Laws Reading. 2 Credits.

This course is focused on increasing international students' comprehension and retention of key course concepts, essential terms, and reading assignments in the LLM course Fundamentals of American Legal Systems. Students will use reading and vocabulary acquisition strategies and be provided opportunities to ask questions and clarify meaning of course concepts and terms in order to improve their ability to participate successfully in the LLM companion course.

GRST 638. Master of Laws Writing. 2 Credits.

This course is focused on increasing international students' ability to complete writing assignments successfully in the LLM course Comparative Legal Systems. Multiple drafts, grammar instruction, and peer and instructor feedback and student self-assessment help students gain the knowledge and skills they need to produce the high-quality writing required in the companion law course.