The authors of Harvard Writing Center’s Brief Guides to Writing provide insight to the common structures, methods, and conventions of writing papers in specific disciplines. After reading the Brief Guides on psychology and history (http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/brief-guides-writing-disciplines), please reflect on your own discipline. What are the most common forms of writing and methods of research in your major? What specific conventions are you expected to use?
Please compose one paragraph on the forms and methods of writing in your discipline and a second paragraph on the conventions you are expected to deploy. If you’re not sure what forms, methods, and conventions define the discourse of your major, you might chat with a professor in your discipline.
Finally, please note the following if you happen to be a history or psychology major: Rather than simply reproduce the information listed in the Harvard Guides, you should reflect on your own experience at CSUF and agree or disagree with how Harvard characterizes writing in your discipline.