Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Spring 2016


English 302: N17
Course Schedule

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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