This course introduces the doctoral student to the expectations of the PhD program, including, but not limited to: academic writing and scholarship, research paradigms, methods, data representation. Emphasis is on critical reading and writing skills at the doctoral level, reading for research, critical analysis of research, writing conventions for the dissertation, APA style, and related topics. Students will have the opportunity to review and critique published dissertations, and other scholarly inquiry, and to provide and receive peer and mentor feedback on critical writing skills. Course muse be completed within the first two terms of the program. [3 credits]