Week 1 (Jan 22 – 26): 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
Week 2 (Jan 29 – Feb 2): Audience and Argument
Readings: Kohn "The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation"
Discussion Post 2: Audiences
Audience Assignment due
Week 3 (Feb 5 – 9): 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
Week 4 (Feb 12 – 16): Plagiarism and Use
of Sources
Writing Commons "Avoiding Plagiarism"
GMU Honor Code
Discussion Post 4: Plagiarism Policies
Plagiarism Policy Essay due
Week 5 (Feb 19 – 23): Research Methods
Using the Library and Databases
Library Tutorials: Search Techniques 1
Discussion Post 5: Library resources
Library Research Assignment due
Week 6 (Feb 26 – March 2): Summary, Paraphrase, Quotation, Synthesis
GMU Writing Center QuickGuides
Discussion Post 6: Paraphrase Practice
Week 7 (March 5 – 9): Documentation: APA, MLA
Writing Center QuickGuides
Perdue OWL Research & Citation
Discussion Post 7: Documentation questions
Summary Assignment due
Week 8: Spring Break
Week 9 (March 19 – 23) Evaluating Sources
Writing Commons "Evaluating Sources"
Discussion Post 8: Source Evaluations
Annotated Bibliography due
Week 10 (March 26 – 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 11 (April 2 – 6): Drafting and Revising
Writing Center QuickGuide: Outlining
Discussion Post 10: Lit Review Thesis
Week 12 (April 9 – 13):
UNC Handout: "Revising Drafts"
GMU Writing Center QuickGuide: Revising
Discussion Post 11: Lit Review Conclusion
Literature Review draft in class
Peer Review due
Week 13 (April 16 – 20): Literature Review
Discussion Post 12: Revision Practices
Literature Review Assignment due
Week 14 (April 23 – 27): Next Steps
Discussion Post 13: What's Next?
Wikipedia Edit due
No revisions after April 27 (see revision policy on syllabus)
Week 15 (April 30 – May 4): Reflection
Discussion Post 14: Reflection
Discipline Awareness II assignment Due
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