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Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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1 |
No class |
1/10
·
Introduction to the course
·
Introductory email |
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2 |
1/15
·
The research project for the course.
·
The objectives, nature, and style of technical writing.
·
Audience |
1/17
·
Audience.
* Assignment: Résumé, letter of application,
thank-you letter.
·
Final report topics |
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3 |
1/22
à Due: rough draft, résumé
·
Writing letters: tone and style
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Paragraphs.
·
Punctuation
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1/24
à Due: rough draft, letter
of application and thank-you letter
·
Sentence style:
punctuation
·
Avoiding Passive
Sentences
èPre-proposal for final
report (email assignment) |
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4 |
1/29
èDUE:
Résumé, letter of application, and thank-you letter
ç
·
Punctuation
·
Style analysis. An approach to technical writing tasks.
·
*Assignment: instructions |
1/31 Library
instruction: Meet in Library 212A during class
(No Class -- UI closed
for weather) |
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5 |
2/5
No class |
2/7èDUE:
Library Assignment DUE
Class meets
Library assignment
**Assignment: Progress Report I on
preliminary research
Writing proposals: RFPs
Start discussing Proposals
Revision of cover letters... |
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6 |
·
2/12
·
Proposals:
· Proposals. Problem identification and solving.
·
Objectives and approach in writing proposals.
·
Proposal objective section
|
2/14
·
Proposals: background section/level of tech.
à Due: Rough draft,
proposal: objective section
àDue: Rough draft, proposal:
problem section
·
Paraphrasing, quoting, and citing sources. Avoiding
plagiarism.
·
Writing abstracts/summaries
·
Methods sections |
|
7 |
2/19è
Due: Progress Report I ç
àDue:
Rough draft, proposal: methods section
·
Definitions//audience
·
Paragraphs, key terms |
2/21
No
class--conferences. Sign up
à
Due: Rough draft, proposal: background section--
bring draft to conference
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|
8 |
2/26
no class-instructor ill
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2/28
Proposals
·
Some basics on graphics
à Due: Rough draft,
proposal: all sections
|
|
9 |
3/4
Proposal: all sections-end of discussion
|
3/6
·
èDue: Proposal Final
Draft
çC |
|
|
3/11 Spring Break
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3/13 Spring Break |
|
10 |
3/18
Final Reports and analysis
*Description of a mechanism (in-class assignment).
·
Definitions and descriptions
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|
11 |
3/25
·
Work on section of final report.
·
Completion reports, objectives, and approach.
·
Analyzing information
· Graphics. |
3/27
·
Work on section of final report
à
No class : office hours
for Section of final
report, rough draft |
|
12 |
4/1
àDue: Section of final
report, rough draft
·
Analyzing information.
·
Format |
4/3
èDue: Section of final
report ç
·
Memo
introducing section of final report (in-class assignment)
·
Sentence style
analysis
·
Progress report II
·
Final reports |
|
13 |
4/8
No class
|
4/10
Style Check 2 Due
>
Progress report II
·
Elements of the final report
|
|
14 |
4/15
èDue: Progress report
II
ç
·
Final report
introductions (revising the proposal sections that fit in the final
report)
·
Work on elements of final report: front matter
·
Editing the final report
|
4/17
·
Final reports: end matter
·
Criteria for
evaluating the final report |
|
15 |
4/21
MONDAY
NO CLASS
Office hrs
10 - 2
àDue: rough draft of
other sections of the final report (optional but encouraged) – by
4/28
|
4/22
TUESDAY NO CLASS
Office HRS:
11 - 4 |
4/23 WEDNESDAY
NO CLASS
OFFICE HRS:
10 - 4
|
4/24 THURSDAY NO CLASS
OFFICE HRS:
11- 4 |
4/25 No Class
OFFICE HRS:
11:30-2 |
|
16 |
4/28 Monday OFFICE HRS:
12- 5 |
4/29 Tuesday
è Due: Final Report,
4/29ç
Office hrs: 11 - 5 |
5/1
·
No Class |