Module 1. The Macrostructural Organisation of a Thesis. It will enable the student to develop a better understanding of the global structure of the text that he/she is required to produce. Macrostructure relates to the arrangement of larger components of text which have a functional role, such as abstracts, introductions, literature reviews, conclusions, etc. These all make a specific contribution to your text.

Module 2. Information Management
This module will provide instruction on the distribution of information at various levels within a thesis. Content organisation relates to the way information is presented in your writing. It focuses on the arrangement of ideas. The organisation of ideas is directly related to coherence within the text.

Module 3. Controlling Rhetorical Structure
This module will focus on demonstrating the rhetorical relationships which function at the sentential and paragraph levels and how these can be signalled either implicitly and explicitly to the reader to produce a more coherent thesis text.

Module 4. The Linking of Text
This module demonstrates the way texts are linked together by a range of cohesive devices.

Module 5. The vocabulary of academic writing
English has gathered its vocabulary from many sources and this has resulted in different words being used for different purposes. Academic English uses many words that are not commonly used in everyday conversation.

Module 6. The integration of information In academic writing sentences hold more information than in many other types of texts. There are a range of linguistic strategies that can be used to increase the information in your sentences.