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Week 1 (Jan 20): Academic and Scholarly Audiences
Students as Scholars program
Discussion Post 1: Introductions
Week 2 (Jan 27): Consensus and Controversy
Discussion Post 2: Scholarly Controversies and Arguments
Readings: Daniel Dennett: "Show Me the Science"
Lisa Randall: "Dangling Particles"
Audience Assignment due Jan 31
Week 3 (Feb 1 & 3): Evaluating Sources
GMU Library tutorials on types of sources
Discussion Post 3: Wikipedia Sources
Discipline Awareness I assignment due Feb 5
Week 4 (Feb 8 & 10): Plagiarism and Use
of Sources
GMU Honor Code
Discussion Post 4: Plagiarism Policies
Plagiarism Policy Essay due Feb 12
Week 5 (Feb 15 & 17): Finding a Topic
Writing Center handout "How to Write a Research Question"
Discussion Post 5: Research Questions
Research Proposal due Feb 19
Week 6 (Feb 22 & 24): Research Methods
GMU Library Infoguide (302N)
Librarian visit: Using the Library and Databases
Discussion Post 6
Library Research Assignment due Feb 26
Week 7 (Feb 29 & March 2): Summary, Paraphrase,
Quotation, and Synthesis
Writing Center handout "Writing Concisely"
Discussion Post 7: Paraphrase practice
Summary Assignment due March 4
Week 8: Spring Break
Week 9 (March 14 & 16): Evaluation and Documentation
GMU Library Tutorials on Evaluating Sources
Discussion Post 8
Annotated Bibliography due March 18
Week 10 (March 21 & 23): Literature Reviews
UNC Lit Review Handout
Writing Center handout "Writing a Literature Review"
Discussion Post 9
Week 11 (March 28 & 30): Synthesis and Analysis
Writing Center handout "Reverse Outlining"
Discussion Post 10: Lit Review Thesis
Peer Review Assignment in class March 30
Week 12 (Apr 4 & 6): Editing, Proofreading
Writing Center handout "Editing"
Student Conferences
No new discussion post this week
Literature Review due April 8
Week 13 (Apr 11 & 13): Revision
Writing Center handout "Revising"
Discussion Post 11
Week 14 (Apr 18 & 20): Next Steps
Wikipedia Edit due April 22
Week 15 (Apr 25 & 27):
All revisions due by April 25
Discipline Awareness II assignment due April 29
Week 16 (May 2 – 4): Reflections on Research Project
Reflections due May 4
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