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Week 1 (June 1 – 6): Consensus and Controversy
Writing Commons "Identifying a Conversation"
Purdue OWL "Aristotle's Rhetorical Situation"
GMU Library InfoGuide: Discipline Awareness Assignment
Students as Scholars
Discussion Post 1: Scholarly Controversies and Arguments
Discipline Awareness I assignment due June 4
Week 2 (June 7 – 13): Research Methods
Using the Library and Databases
GMU Library Tutorials (Scholarly and other sources)
GMU Library tutorial on UlrichsWeb database
Discussion Post 2: Preliminary Topic
Library Research Assignment due June 11
Week 3 (June 14 – 20): Evaluation and Documentation
GMU Library: Evaluating Sources (video)
Purdue OWL Research and Citation guides
Discussion Post 3: Source Evaluations
Annotated Bibliography due June 18
Week 4 (June 21 – 27): Narrowing a Topic
Writing Center Quick Guide "How to Write a Research Question"
Discussion Post 3: Research Questions
Research Proposal due June 25
Week 5 (June 28 – July 3): Required Conferences June 28 – July 2
Week 6 (July 5 –11): Synthesis and Analysis
Writing Commons "Synthesizing Your Research Findings"
UNC Lit Review Handout
Purdue OWL Research and Citation guides
Discussion Post 6: Lit Review Working Thesis
Lit Review Thesis and Subtopics Outline due July 9
Week 7 (July 12 – 18): Revising, Editing, Proofreading
UNC Handout: "Revising Drafts"
GMU Writing Center handout "Revising"
Discussion Post 7: Revision Practices
Literature Review Assignment
due July 16
Week 8 (July 19 –21): Next Steps
Discussion Post 8: Next Steps
Discipline Awareness II assignment due July 21
(note: the assignment is due on Webnesday July 21, the last day of Summer term B)
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