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Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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1 |
No class |
1/15 NO CLASS
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2 |
1/20
· Introduction
to the course
· Introductory
email |
1/22
· The
research project for the course.
· The
objectives, nature, and style of technical
writing.
· Audience |
|
3 |
1/27
· Audience.
* Assignment:
Résumé, letter of application, thank-you letter.
· Final
report topics |
1/29
à
Due: rough draft, résumé
· Writing
letters: tone and style
· Paragraphs.
· Punctuation
è
Pre-proposal for final report (email assignment) Feb 4, 10 am |
|
4 |
2/3
à
Due: rough draft, letter of application and thank-you letter
· Sentence
style: punctuation
· Avoiding
Passive Sentences
|
2/5
è
DUE: Résumé, letter of application, and thank-you letter
ç
· Punctuation
·
Style analysis. An approach to technical writing tasks.
*Assignment:
library assignment |
|
5 |
2/10
èDUE: Library Assignment
DUE by 12::00
noon
no class |
2/12
**Assignment: Progress Report I on
preliminary research
·
Writing proposals: RFPs
·
Start discussing Proposals
·
Revision of cover
letters... |
|
6 |
2/17
· Proposals:
· Proposals.
Problem identification and solving.
· Objectives
and approach in writing proposals.
· Proposal
objective section |
2/19
·
Proposals: background
section/level of technicality.
à
Due: Rough draft, proposal: objective section
à
Due: Rough draft, proposal: problem section
·
Paraphrasing, quoting, and
citing sources. Avoiding plagiarism.
·
Writing
abstracts/summaries
·
Methods sections |
|
7 |
2/24
è
Due: Progress Report I
ç
à
Due: Rough draft, proposal: methods section
·
Definitions//audience
·
Paragraphs, key terms |
2/26
Conferences. Sign up on 2/24
NO CLASS
à
Due: Rough draft, proposal: background section.
Bring the draft to your
conference.
|
|
8 |
3/3
Proposals
·
Some basics on graphics
à
Due: Rough draft, proposal: all sections
|
3/5
Proposal: all sections
|
|
9 |
3/10
è
Due: Proposal Final Draft |
3/12
NO CLASS
|
|
|
3/17
Spring Break |
3/19
Spring Break |
|
10 |
3/24
Final Reports and analysis
*"Wiki" for the section of the final
report assignment
·
Definitions and descriptions
*Assignment:
Section of final report
*Assignment:
Final report |
3/26
è
Due: "Wiki" for section of the final report
· Work
on section of final report.
·
Analysis in the final report and section
of the final report |
|
11 |
3/31
· Work
on section of final report.
· No
Class |
4/2
·
Work on section of final report
Completion reports, objectives, and
approach.
·
Analyzing information
· Graphics.
--> Rough
draft of section of final report |
|
12 |
4/7
à
Due: Section of final report, rough draft
·
Analyzing information.
·
Format |
4/9
è
Due: Rough draft Section of final report
· Memo introducing section of final
report (in-class assignment)
· Sentence style analysis
· Progress report II
· Final reports |
4/10 Friday
è
Due: Section of final report by 4:00 PM
Bring your draft (in folder) to Brink
200 or my office, Brink 204 |
|
13 |
4/14
No class |
4/16
è
Style Check II Due
*
Progress
report II
·
Elements of the final report
· Final
report introductions (revising the proposal sections that fit in the
final report)
|
|
14 |
4/21
èDUE: Progress
Report II --by 4PM
Email this assignment to me. Place the progress
report in the email (not as an attachment)
· Work
on elements of final report
· Editing
the final report
¶Conclusions and recommendations
|
4/22 (Wednesday)
Office hrs: 1 -5 |
4/23
NO CLASS (office
hours)
Office hours:
9- 12, 3:30-5
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|
15 |
4/28
·
Elements of the final report:
front matter
· Final
reports: end matter
·
Criteria for
evaluating the final report
à
Due: rough draft of other sections of the
final report (optional but encouraged) – by 4/30
Office hrs 3:30-5:00 |
4/29 (Wednesday)
Office hrs: 10-4 |
4/30
No Cass
Office hrs:
9-12, 3:30-5 |
5/1 (Friday) Office hrs:
11-1:30 |
|
16 |
5/4 (Monday) Office hrs:
10-2 |
5/5
è
Due: Final
Report, 5/5 by 5PMç
Folder 1:
Deliver final
report to Brink 200 drop box.
Folder 2:
Provide
proposal, section of final report, 2 or 3 pages of sources
No
class |
5/7
·
No Class |