Dates
Tasks
Assignments (due by Monday)
Week 1 (Aug. 20–Aug. 25)
Week 2 (Aug. 27–Sept. 1)
Week 3 (Sept. 3–Sept. 8)
Week 4 (Sept. 10–Sept. 15)
Watch video discussion 4
Links to an external site. (discuss composing literature reviews)
Read Chicago Guide chapter 3, "Reading Well"
Find two literature reviews published in one or more of your field's journals. Read these and note comparisons and points of contrast in preparation to answer the discussion post.
Week 5 (Sept. 17–Sept. 22)
Week 6 (Sept. 24–Sept. 29)
Week 7 (Oct. 1–Oct. 6)
Watch video discussion 7
Links to an external site. (complete the Audience and Context Analysis)
Read Chicago Guide chapter 5, "Writing Very Well"
Skim McMurrey chapter 5.2, "Audience Analysis
Links to an external site. "
Skim McMurrey, Hamlin, Rubio, & DeSilva chapter 2.2, "Audience Analysis
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Skim McMurrey, Hamlin, Rubio, & DeSilva, chapter 2.3 "Adapting Your Writing to Meet Your Audience’s Needs
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Week 8 (Oct. 8–Oct. 13)
Watch video discussion 8
Links to an external site. (complete the Method Design)
Read Meredith chapter 6, "Write Clear Research Explanations
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Skim Azevedo, Canário-Almeida, Almeida Fonseca, Costa-Pereira, Winck, & Hespanhol, "How to Write a Scientific Paper—Writing the Methods Section
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Skim Kallet, "How to Write the Methods Section of a Research Paper
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Skim USC Library, "Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper
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Skim Alonso, "Writing a Research Paper for the Humanities
Links to an external site. "
Week 9 (Oct. 15–Oct. 20)
Week 10 (Oct. 22–Oct. 27)
Week 11 (Oct. 29–Nov. 3)
Week 12 (Nov. 5–Nov. 10)
Week 13 (Nov. 12–Nov. 17)
Week 14 (Nov. 19–Nov. 24)
Week 15 (Nov. 26–Dec. 1)
Week 16 (Dec. 3–Dec. 8)
Watch video discussion 16
Links to an external site. (complete Public Communication)
Read Chicago Guide chapter 15, "The Online World"
Skim Salvagno, Taccone & Gerli, "Can Artificial Intelligence Help for Scientific Writing?
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Skim Kacena, Plotkin, & Fehrenbacher, "The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Writing Scientific Review Articles
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Skim Altmäe, Sola-Leyva, & Salumets, "Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Writing
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Skim Misra & Chandwar, "ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Writing
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