Week 1 (Aug 29 – Sept 4): Academic and Scholarly Audiences
Students as Scholars program
Writing Commons "Identifying a Conversation"
Perdue OWL "Using Rhetorical Strategies"
Discussion Post 1: Scholarly Controversies and Arguments
Discipline Awareness I Assignment due Sept 4
Week 2 (Sept 7 –11): Audience and Argument
No Class Sept 6 Labor Day
Readings: Kohn "The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation"
Audience Assignment due Sept 11
Discussion Post 2: Audiences
Week 3 (Sept 12 – 18): Scholarly and Other Sources
Writing Commons "Understanding Library Resources"
GMU Library Tutorials (Scholarly and other sources; Anatomy of a Scholarly Source; UlrichsWeb database)
Discussion Post 3: Wikipedia Sources
Research Proposal due Sept 18
Week 4 (Sept 19 – 25): Plagiarism and Use
of Sources
Writing Commons "Avoiding Plagiarism"
GMU Honor Code
Discussion Post 4: Plagiarism Policies
Plagiarism Policy Essay due Sept 25
Week 5 (Sept 26 – Oct 2): Research Methods
Using the Library and Databases
Library Tutorials: Search Techniques 1
Discussion Post 5: Library resources
Library Research Assignment due Oct 2
Week 6 (Oct 3 – 9): Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, Synthesis
GMU Writing Center QuickGuides
Discussion Post 6: Paraphrase Practice
Week 7 (Oct 10 – 16): Columbus Day Recess.
Documentation: APA, MLA
Writing Center QuickGuides
Perdue OWL Research & Citation
Discussion Post 7
Summary Assignment due Oct 16
Week 8 (Oct 17– 23): Evaluating Sources
Writing Commons "Evaluating Sources"
Discussion Post 8: Source Evaluations
Annotated Bibliography due Oct 23
Week 9 (Oct 24 – 30): Synthesis and Analysis
Writing Commons "Synthesizing Your Research Findings"
UNC Literature Review Handout
GMU Writing Center QuickGuide: Writing a Literature Review
Discussion Post 9: Literature Review subtopics
Week 10 (Oct 31 – Nov 6): Drafting and Revising
Writing Center QuickGuide: Outlining
Discussion Post 10: Lit Review Thesis
Week 11 (Nov 7 – 13):
UNC Handout: "Revising Drafts"
GMU Writing Center QuickGuide: Revising
Discussion Post 11: Lit Review Conclusion
Literature Review draft due Nov 7
Peer Review due Nov 13
Week 12 (Nov 14 –20): Literature Review
Discussion Post 12
Literature Review Assignment due Nov 20
Week 13 (Nov 21 – 22): Continuing the Conversation
Nov 23 – 27 Thanksgiving Break
Week 14 (Nov 28 – Dec 4): Next Steps
Discussion Post 13
Wikipedia Edit due Dec 4
No revisions after Nov 28 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 15 (Dec 5 – 10): Reflection
Discipline Awareness II assignment Due Dec 10
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