The purpose if this course is to help the student to coherently and logically express themselves in writing to an academic audience. Today’s student lives and works in a knowledge-based, hyper-connected world. Although this is so, social communication and writing does not necessarily translate to adequate and effective academic writing. Thus, as information users, students must be helped to overcome inadequacies and frustrations from inability to search, analyze, synthesize, and use information. Thus, academic writing and information literacy enables the student to recognize when information is needed and to have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use the information effectively. Through this course, the student will develop analytical skills, learn to synthesize multiple sources of information and advance coherent arguments. Through this course, the student will be empowered to use and create knowledge to improve the quality of their life and research.