This schedule is dynamic and responds to the needs of the classroom situation and students as we move through the course. Some readings and assignments may be rearranged, some dropped, others added, as the needs of the situation demands. All changes to the syllabus will be announced in class and made online. The online syllabus is always the final authority on what is due and when, and it is your responsibility to stay current with the changes. And remember: you are accountable for all work, even if you do not attend class.
Remember: Always bring to class the text/readings on the assigned day. |
Date
Week 1 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Aug 21 |
Introduction to English 215: course overview; get acquainted;
Discuss: Academic Writing: Disciplinary Inquiry WAC/WID & Rhetoric
Activity: in-class writing |
Read: course policies, syllabus & examine course web pages; Arguing Across the Disciplines (AAD) Ch 1 p. 1-10; 16-18 & the material on this website
Compose 1-2 pages detailing your current knowledge about your discipline/major field of study. |
Th Aug 23 |
Discuss: Readings, Summaries, Project #1 & The Social Sciences
Due: your current knowledge about your discipline/major field of study. |
Read: Ch 3 p. 72-89; 105-109 & Milgram p. 459-72 in ADD and “Writing Summaries, Critiques & Syntheses” HO
Compose a summary of the article and a list of disciplinary features and conventions you discovered reading Milgram |
Week 2 |
Class Discussion
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Homework |
T Aug 28 |
Discuss: Readings, Disciplinary Conventions, Writing Summaries, Critiques & Syntheses
Chart: the Social Sciences
Due: summary & list of disciplinary features |
Read: article specified on the Project #1 HO; draft preliminary summary and compose list of discipline-specific features and conventions with examples from article
Begin drafting project #1
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Th Aug 30 |
Discuss: article, features, & conventions; summarizing and composing project #1
Chart: the Social Sciences
Due: summary & list of disciplinary features |
Read: Academic & Good Writing HOs, & Using Quotations HO
Compose draft project #1
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Week 3 |
Class Discussion
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Homework |
T Sept 4 |
Discuss: Academic & Good Writing HOs, & Using Quotations HO
Workshop: Project One draft
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Read peer comments and revise draft |
Th Sept 6 |
Workshop: Project One draft |
Read peer comments and revise draft |
Week 4 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Sept 11 |
Workshop: Project One draft
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Read peer comments and polish draft
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Th Sept 13
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Project #1 due
Discuss: Project #2
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Read: Ch 4, p . 115-51, Ch 5, p. 152-54; 160-64, 165-67 in ADD & “Sex Differences,” available through JSTOR; see “Course Information” for instructions on accessing the article; draft summary; compose list of discipline-specific features with examples from the article
Read also HO on Gender Studies; HO on Disciplinary Conventions & the following website
Add examples from article to chart to illustrate conventions & features |
Week 5 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Sept 18 |
Discuss: article, Ch 4 and Ch 5; Disciplinary Conventions and the Sciences
Arguing in the Disciplines & Gender Studies
Chart the Sciences
Group Activity: Sex & The Brain
Due: summary & list of disciplinary features |
Read: Ch 6, p. 186-91, 198-201, 202-05, 206-07, 208-16 in ADD & “Sex and the Single Decade" or “The Feminism of Dorothy West. . .,” available through JSTOR; see "Course Information” for instructions on accessing the article; draft summary & compose list of discipline-specific features with examples from the article you chose & the following website
Add examples from article to chart to illustrate conventions & features |
Th Sept 20
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Discuss: reading & the humanities
Chart the Humanities
Workshop on synthesizing & comparing
Due: summary & list of disciplinary features |
Read: Couples Watching Television" or “The Construction of Gender in Sport,” available through JSTOR; see “Course Information” for instructions on accessing the article; draft summary
Compose list of discipline-specific features with examples from each article you chose & a summary of each social studies article, & review the material on this website
Add examples from article to chart to illustrate conventions & features |
Week 6 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Sept 25 |
Discuss: article & the Social Sciences
Review chart of the Social Sciences
Due: summary & list of disciplinary features
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Read project #3 HO—you need to arrange an interview with a professor in your major and the earlier you do this, the better |
Th Sept 27
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Discuss: paraphrasing & quoting
Review Disciplinary Conventions |
Begin drafting project #2
Read Developing an Argument HO |
Week 7 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Oct 2 |
Workshop project #2 |
Read peer comments & revise draft |
Th Oct 4
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Workshop revised project #2 |
Read peer comments & polish draft |
Week 8 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Oct 9 |
Project #2 due
Discuss Project # 3
Activity: Research guides to majors
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Read: Ch 7 in ADD & Research HO
List: faculty in your field & their specializations; Compose 2-3 pages detailing your knowledge about your discipline/major field of study
Brainstorm topics for Project #4 |
Th Oct 11
| Discuss: Doing Research--On-Line searches, academic search engines, databases & subject guides
Due: list of topics for project #4 |
Read HO on Academic Journals, & HO directions for interview with professor—typed notes of interview due: Oct 25th
Compose 1 page description of online database for your discipline, interview questions & finalize appt with interviewee |
Week 9 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Oct 16
| Discuss: Academic Journals & Interviews
Activity: locate 2-3 relevant articles to use as illustrations of discipline specific features for project #3
Due: database description |
Choose academic journal for your discipline & write 1 page description of it; finalize Proposal for project 4 |
Th Oct 18
| Discuss: interview techniques, Academic Journals, & ways to organize project #3
Due: journal description |
Locate 2 articles from academic journals for project
compose summary and list of discipline specific features & conventions of each and find examples from the articles |
Week 10 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Oct 23
| Discuss Project 4
Due: article summaries & lists of disciplinary features
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Read Ch 9 in ADD & APA & MLA HOs
Revise interview questions |
Th Oct 25 |
Discuss sources and citations
Due: Interview Notes |
Locate 2 articles from academic journals for project & summarize |
Week 11 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Oct 30 |
Discuss: organizational strategies for project
Workshop
Due: Article Summaries & Project #4 proposal
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Compose project 3 draft |
Th Nov 1
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Workshop: draft Project #3 |
Read peer comments & revise Project 3 |
Week 12 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Nov 6 |
Workshop: draft Project #3
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Read peer comments & polish Project 3 |
Th Nov 8
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Research Workshop |
Focus project #4 research |
Week 13 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Nov 13 |
Project 3 Due
Discuss: Research Strategies
workshop |
Continue research
Locate 2 academic articles for project & summarize |
Th Nov 15
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Summaries Due
workshop |
Begin drafting project #4 |
Week 14 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Nov 20 |
Due First draft/peer review |
Read peer comments & revise draft |
Th Nov 22 |
Thanksgiving |
Week 15 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Nov 27 |
Due Second draft/peer review |
Read peer comments and Polish draft |
Th Nov 29
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Workshop |
Polish project 4 |
Week 16 |
Class Discussion |
Homework |
T Dec 4 |
Revised Project #4 due Polished draft due if you want returned with comments on day of final |
Compose Reflection |
Finals |
Finals |
There is no in-class final exam in this class, but you are required to turn in Project #4 on the day scheduled for the exam in my office, LL 309B. If you fail to turn do so during the scheduled exam time, I cannot record your final course grade.
- Class meets 1:30-2:55 Exam Period is Thursday, Dec. 6th from 12:20 - 2:10 PM
- Class meets 3:15-4:30 Exam Period is Tuesday, Dec. 11th from 2:40 – 4:30 PM
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