http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eli/MICUSP/Index.htm
The acronym MICUSP stands for the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers. MICUSP is a research project at the English Language Institute (ELI) at the University of Michigan. It was launched in late 2004 and is still in its initial stage, which involves soliciting student papers and collecting these contributions in a database. Our goal is to obtain a large selection of writing samples, totalling 1.6 million words, from both native and non-native writers at different stages of graduate level study from across the university.
MICUSP is a sister project of MICASE, the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English.
MICUSP is an official, IRB-approved, University of Michigan research project. All contributions to the database will be anonymized. The finished, web-based, database will be accessible to academic researchers and teachers by password and/or supscription.
MICUSP quick facts
The corpus consists of proficient texts, i.e. A-grade papers or ungraded papers that have been assessed and accepted (such as research proposals), but not published. The samples collected will demonstrate the standards set by instructors at each stage of study.
The writers are senior undergraduates or graduate students at the University of Michigan.
The corpus offers a balanced sample of native and non-native speakers of English.
The length of the texts ranges from 500 to 10,000 words.
Each text has a single author.
The selected MICUSP disciplines and departments are as follows:
Philosophy, Linguistics, Near Eastern Studies (humanities)
Psychology, Sociology, Economics (social sciences and education)
Physics, Civil Engineering, IOE (physical sciences and engineering)
Nursing, Biology (biological and health sciences)
The acronym MICUSP stands for the Michigan Corpus of Upper-level Student Papers. MICUSP is a research project at the English Language Institute (ELI) at the University of Michigan. It was launched in late 2004 and is still in its initial stage, which involves soliciting student papers and collecting these contributions in a database. Our goal is to obtain a large selection of writing samples, totalling 1.6 million words, from both native and non-native writers at different stages of graduate level study from across the university.
MICUSP is a sister project of MICASE, the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English.
MICUSP is an official, IRB-approved, University of Michigan research project. All contributions to the database will be anonymized. The finished, web-based, database will be accessible to academic researchers and teachers by password and/or supscription.
MICUSP quick facts
The corpus consists of proficient texts, i.e. A-grade papers or ungraded papers that have been assessed and accepted (such as research proposals), but not published. The samples collected will demonstrate the standards set by instructors at each stage of study.
The writers are senior undergraduates or graduate students at the University of Michigan.
The corpus offers a balanced sample of native and non-native speakers of English.
The length of the texts ranges from 500 to 10,000 words.
Each text has a single author.
The selected MICUSP disciplines and departments are as follows:
Philosophy, Linguistics, Near Eastern Studies (humanities)
Psychology, Sociology, Economics (social sciences and education)
Physics, Civil Engineering, IOE (physical sciences and engineering)
Nursing, Biology (biological and health sciences)