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Week 1 (Aug 27 – 31): Course Introduction.
Students as Scholars program <http://oscar.gmu.edu>
Discussion Post 1: Introductions
Week 2 (Sept 4 – 7): Consensus and Controversy
Chapter 1: Argument in Academic Writing
Logical Fallacies exercise
Readings: Dennett, Randall
Discussion Post 2: Consensus and Controversy
Week 3 (Sept 10 – 14): Evaluating Sources
Chapter 2: Reading, Evaluating, and Responding to Arguments
Readings: Kohn
Discussion Post 3: Wikipedia Sources
Week 4 (Sept 17 – 21): Plagiarism and Use of Sources
Chapter 3: Using Academic Sources Responsibly
Readings: McGrath, Tenner, Howard, Goodwin
Discussion Post 4: Plagiarism Policies
Plagiarism Policy Essay due Sept 19 (Exercise 3.4)
Week 5 (Sept 24 – 28): Finding a Topic
Chapter 4: Moving from Inquiry to Argument
Discussion Post 5 (Exercise 4.3)
Research Proposal due Sept 26 (exercise 4.4)
Week 6 (Oct 1 –5): Research
Chapter 5: Using the Library and Databases
Discussion Post 6
Library Research Assignment due Oct 3
Week 7 (Oct 9 – 12): Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, and Synthesis
Chapter 6: Using Sources Effectively
Discussion Post 7
Summary Assignment due Oct 10
Week 8 (Oct 15 – 19): Audience
Chapter 7: Revising to Meet Audience Expectation
A Quick Guide to Documentation (p 206--230)
Discussion Post 8
Annotated Bibliography due Oct 17
Week 9 (Oct 22 – 26): Professional Audiences
Chapter 8: Adapting Your Writing for Professional Audiences
Discussion Post 9: Changing Minds
Wikipedia Edit due Oct 24
Week 10 (Oct 29 – Nov 2): Reflection ("I-Search")
Chapter 9: Writing a Personal Research Narrative
Discussion Post 10: What Did You Learn?
Literature Review due Oct 31
Week 11 (Nov 5 –9): The Research Paper
Chapter 10: Writing an Argumentative Research Paper
Discussion Post 11
Week 12 (Nov 12 – 16): Visual Design
Appendix B: Principles of Visual Design
Readings: Tufte
Discussion Post 12
Personal Research Report due Nov 14
Week 13 (Nov 19 – 23): Research Paper format
Thanksgiving Recess Nov 21-25
Week 14 (Nov 26 – Nov 30): Peer Review
Peer Reviews due by Nov 28
All revisions due by Dec 1
Week 15 (Dec 3 –7): Final Projects
Reflections on Research Project
Research papers due Dec 7
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