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Required Text
Swales, J.M. and Feak, C.B. (2009). Academic Writing for Graduate Students: Essential Tasks and Skills. (2nd ed.). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. (Required. Available at the bookstore) ISBN: 0472088564 Raimes, Ann (2013). Pocket Keys for Writers (4th ed.). New York: Wadsworth Cengage Learning. (Required. Available at the bookstore) ISBN: 9781111833015
Suggested Text Swales, J.M. and Feak, C.B. (2009). Commentary for Academic Writing for Graduate Students (2nd ed.). Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. (Optional) A style guide for the formatting system used in your field (the number system, CSE, IEEE etc.). Useful link: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/matbytype/citationstyles.html
Course Description
Course Requirements
Regular Attendance and Participation: 10% Homework and In-Class Activities: 15% Formal Essays: 75% first essay = 10% second essay = 15% third essay = 15% (+ 5% for in-class presentation) fourth essay = 25% (+ 5% for in-class presentation) 1) REGULAR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION (10%) Each activity in class attempts to build on previously discussed concepts and develop students as text analysts and writers. Therefore, you will gain the most from this course by attending every class session, asking and answering questions, participating in discussions, and completing all related classroom activities. Your participation grade will be based on the quality of contributions demonstrated in all class activities. Absences and/or tardiness will negatively affect your participation grade. In addition, unexcused absences over the 3 absence limit will result in an automatic 5% deduction from the final course grade. This includes absences for illnesses, personal reasons, religious observance etc. Per the policies of our department, after three absences, 1/3 of a letter grade will be taken off of your final course grade for every absence thereafter. You are responsible for making up any material missed. Please check on the acceptability of excuses over the three absence limit with me. Ideally this should be done a week before the class session that will be missed. It should not be assumed that all excuses for absences over the limit will be accepted. Tardiness (being late to class) will not be tolerated. Tardiness of more than 15 minutes will be recorded by me and three tardy marks will count as one unexcused absence, so please come to class on time. Assignments Submission: All the assignments should be turned in via turnitin by due date stipulated (unless otherwise mentioned). Late assignments will be penalized half of a letter grade for every day past the due date (1 day late max.) that they are turned in unless there are extenuating circumstances (severe illness, a death in the family, etc.) or an extension has been granted by me prior to the due date of the assignment. If you think you will need an extension, talk to me as early as possible! 2) HOMEWORK AND IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES (15%) You will frequently be required to do reading on your own or to do shorter writing assignments at home. These will help you write your larger formal papers. Therefore, it is essential to complete all assignments on time. No assignments will be accepted for full credit after the first ten minutes of class on the due date unless there is a very compelling reason or if you have spoken to the instructor at least the day before class and the late delivery of the assignment has been approved. In general unexcused late homework assignments will be accepted for half credit up until the next class after it was due.
Tentative
Weekly Schedule
Introduction to the Course; Writing as a Process Collaborative Syllabus Design, Reading Strategies
Week Two 1/17 T Note Taking, Paraphrasing, & Quoting 1/19 R Unit 1: Features of Academic Writing (Swales & Feak) Week Three 1/24 T Unit 5: Writing Summaries (Swales & Feak) 1/26 R Writing Summaries, cont. (Swales & Feak) Week Four 1/31 T Unit 5: Writing Summaries, cont. (Swales & Feak) 2/2 R Unit 5: Writing an abstract/prcis Summary Essay Due (1st Draft) (Peer Review) Week Five 2/7 T Unit 2: Writing General-to-Specific Texts (Swales & Feak) 2/9 R Library Visit (to be confirmed) Summary Essay Due (Final) 6
Week Six 2/14 T Unit 6: Writing Critiques (Swales & Feak) 2/16 R Unit 6: Hedging, Evaluative Language Week Seven 2/ 21 2/23 R Unit 3: Problem, Process, Solution (Swales & Feak) Critique Essay Due (1st Draft) (Peer Review) Week Eight 2/28 T Unit 3: Problem, Process, Solution, cont. (Swales & Feak) 3/1 R Unit 3: Problem, Process, Solution, cont. (Swales & Feak) Critique Essay Due (2nd Draft) Week Nine: Spring Break 3/6 T 3/8 R
Week Ten 3/13 T Unit 7: Constructing a Research Paper I, (Swales & Feak) 3/15 R Documentation (Raimes) Week Eleven 3/20 T Unit 8: Constructing a Research Paper I cont. (Swales & Feak) 3/22 R Unit 8: Constructing a Research Paper II, (Swales & Feak) Literature Review Due (1st Draft) (Peer Review) Week Twelve 3/ 27 T To be Announced 3/29 R To be Announced Week Thirteen 4/3 T Unit 8: Constructing a Research Paper II, cont. (Swales & Feak) Literature Review Due (2nd Draft) 4/5 R Unit 8: Constructing a Research Paper II, cont. (Swales & Feak) Week Fourteen 4/10 T WRITING WORKSHOP (Draft of Final Papers) 4/12 R WRITING WORKSHOP (Draft of Final Papers) Week Fifteen 4/17 T No Class-Individual Conferences 4/19 R No Class-Individual Conferences 7
Week Sixteen: Class Presentations 4/24 T Class Presentations 4/26 R Class Presentations Final Papers Due