Week 1 (Aug 26 – Sept 1): Academic and Scholarly Audiences
Students as Scholars program
Writing Commons "Identifying a Conversation"
Perdue OWL "Aristotle's Rhetorical Situation"
GMU Library InfoGuide: Tackling the Discipline Awareness Assignment
Discussion Post 1: Scholarly Controversies and Arguments
Discipline Awareness I Assignment due Aug 30
Week 2 (Sept 3–8): Audience and Argument
Readings: Kohn "The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation"
Discussion Post 2: Audiences
Audience Assignment due Sept 6
Sept 2: Labor Day: University Closed
Week 3 (Sept 9 – 15): 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 13
Week 4 (Sept 16 – 22): Research Methods
Using the Library and Databases
Library Tutorials
Discussion Post 5: Library resources
Library Research Assignment due Sept 20
Week 5 (Sept 23 – 29): Plagiarism and Use
of Sources
Writing Commons "Avoiding Plagiarism"
GMU Honor Code
Discussion Post 4: Plagiarism Policies
Plagiarism Policy Essay due Sept 27
Week 6 (Sept 30 – Oct 6): Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, and Synthesis
GMU Writing Center QuickGuides
Discussion Post 6: Paraphrase Practice
Week 7 (Oct 7 – 13): Documentation: APA, MLA
Writing Center QuickGuides
Perdue OWL Research & Citation
Discussion Post 7: Documentation questions
Summary Assignment due Oct 11
Week 8 (Oct 14 – 20): Evaluating Sources
Writing Commons "Evaluating Sources"
Discussion Post 8: Source Evaluations
Annotated Bibliography due Oct 18
Fall Break: Monday classes/labs meet Tuesday. Tuesday classes do not meet this week.
Week 9 (Oct 21 – 27) 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 28 – Nov 3): Outlining
Writing Center QuickGuide: Outlining
Lit Review Thesis and Subtopics Outline due Nov 1
Discussion Post 10: Lit Review Thesis
Week 11 (Nov 4 – 10): Drafting and Revising
UNC Handout: "Revising Drafts"
GMU Writing Center QuickGuide: Revising
Discussion Post 11: Revision Practices
Week 12 (Nov 11 – 17): Literature Review
Discussion Post 12: Lit Review Conclusion
Literature Review Assignment due Nov 15
Week 13 (Nov 18 – 24): Continuing the Discussion
Discussion Post 13: What's Next?
Wikipedia Edit due Nov 22
Week 14 (Nov 25 – 26): Next Steps
Thanksgiving Break: Nov 21 – 25
All revisions due by Nov 25 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 15 (Dec 3 –7): Reflection
Discussion Post 14: Reflection
Discipline Awareness II assignment Due Dec 6
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