- Online
- $430
Go beyond the essentials of grammar in this advanced grammar course. Take on trickier, more challenging grammar rules so you can review writing with a critical eye, write for different contexts and express yourself clearly.
Become a more confident and versatile writer with insights into your own writing biases, and a personal editing checklist.
Course overview
Learn to identify parts of a sentence, write sentences based on patterns, and spot and correct tricky grammar errors.
Week 1: Review, Clauses and Phrases
Week 2: Sentence Patterns and Diction
Week 3: Verbs, Gerunds and Subject-Verb Agreement
Week 4: Conditionals and Subjunctives
Week 5: Common Grammatical Errors
Week 6: Self-assessment, Personal Checklist and Editing Strategies
How am I assessed?
This course is marked complete/incomplete, and is based on your attendance and participation. Your instructor provides you personalized feedback on the assignments you hand in.
Expected effort
Expect to spend 2–3 hours per week completing readings, exercises and assignments, and participating in online discussion forums.
Technology requirements
To take this course, you’ll need access to:
- an email account
- a computer, laptop or tablet
- the latest version of a web browser (or previous major version release)
- a reliable internet connection
One day before the start of your course, we’ll email you step-by-step instructions for accessing your course.
Requisites
Writing Well: Grammar or a good command of basic grammar principles.
Course format
This course is 100% online and instructor supported.
Course work is done independently and at your own pace within deadlines set by your instructor. This course does not have live online classes. Log in anytime to your course to access the lessons as they become available.
Please note you can log in to your course for up to three weeks after the course ends. You’ll no longer be able to access course materials after this time.