Graduate and doctoral writing and research differs from undergraduate writing in a few important ways. Gone are the days you can simply write about a topic and not connect it to the larger context.
Use this informative graphic to better understand these different expectations: Undergraduate vs. Graduate Writing
And when you’re ready to begin editing your graduate-level writing, be sure to use the Scholarly Writing Guidelines as a checklist.
Useful Resources, Samples, & Tools
The resources in this section are designed to support advanced undergraduates and those working on their Masters or Doctorate.
Masters & Doctoral Writing
- Undergraduate vs. Graduate Writing
- Writing Skills Refreshers
- Academic Voice
- Scholarly Writing Guidelines
- Avoiding Over-Quoting (Video Tutorial)
- Integrating Research
- Using Tables, Images, and Appendices
- Writing a Literature Review
- Writing an Article Critique
Doctoral-Specific Writing
- Graduate Writing Refresher
- Attaining Synthesis
- Writing a Literature Review
- Problem Statement
- Letter of Intent (LOI)
- IRB Research Summary Exemplar
- Writing the Dissertation
- Writing the Applied Doctoral Project
Graduate Writing Tools
- Ashford APA Template
- Using Microsoft Word
- Creating PowerPoints
- Using Tables, Images, and Appendices
- Understanding Turnitin Reports
- Avoiding Plagiarism
View a Sample
A sample Dissertation can be found on our Writing a Dissertation page.
