ENGL 302-N09: Advanced Composition in the Natural Sciences
Fall Semester, 2006  George Mason University
Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00-4:15  Innovation Hall 326

All of the information below is subject to change.  Smaller writing assignments and daily in-class activities are not listed here.

WEEK 1 Monday, August 28 and Wednesday, August 30

Introduction to course, classroom
Discussion of paper topic (future academic or job work, current issues of interest, work this semester)

WEEK 2  Wednesday, September 6

Introduction to library resources
Wednesday: Catalogs/Databases, WRLC, Liaison librarians, etc.

WEEK 3, Monday, September 11 and Wednesday, September 13

Introduction to library resources
Monday: Scholarly/Popular, Primary/Secondary, Subject vs. Topic, etc.
Wednesday: Records/Fields, Search Algebra, Operators, etc.

WEEK 4 Monday, September 18 and Wednesday, September 20

Monday: Quiz preparation
Wednesday: TERMS QUIZ

WEEK 5 Monday, September 25 and Wednesday, September 28

Introduction to EndNote and practice, including keying in first entry
Discussion of annotated bibliography
(Endnote downloads and support at http://library.gmu.edu/endnote)

WEEK 6, Monday, October 2 and Wednesday, October 4

DUE Monday: draft of part one of Paper #1: explanation/description of issue
Discussion: Paper #1

WEEK 7 Wednesday, October 11

DUE Wednesday: Draft of paper #1 

WEEK 8 Monday, October 16 and Wednesday, October 18

Monday: Peer review session for paper #1
Wednesday:  Discussion of drafts of Paper #1

WEEK 9 Monday, October 23 and Wednesday, October 25

DUE Monday:  Paper #1
Monday: Paper #2 assigned
Wednesday: Discussion of Paper #2

WEEK 10 Monday, October 30 and Wednesday, November 1

CONFERENCES

WEEK 11 Monday, November 6 and Wednesday, November 8

DUE Monday: Notes on sources for Paper #2
Wednesday: Discussion of Paper #2

WEEK 12 Monday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 15

DUE Monday: Draft of Paper #2 and four additional copies
Wednesday: Workshop on Paper #2

WEEK 13 Monday, November 20

Monday: Paper #3 and Endnote annotations assigned

WEEK 14  Monday, November 27 and Wednesday, November 29

DUE Monday: Paper #2 (you may also drop off this paper on TUESDAY at my office or my box in the English department)
Discussion of Paper #3, Annotated Endnote bibliograpy

WEEK 15  Monday, December 4 and Wednesday, December 6

Discussion of Paper #3, Annotated Endnote bibliograpy
Course evaluations, last words, etc.
DUE:  Paper #3

WEEK 17 Monday, December 18