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ENGL 302-N09: Advanced Composition in the Natural Sciences
Fall Semester, 2007  George Mason University
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00-4:15  Innovation Hall 319

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

WEEK 1 Tuesday, August 28 and Thursday, August 30

Introduction to course, classroom
Discussion of paper topic (news story or development)

WEEK 2  Tuesday, September 4 and Thursday, September 6

Visit from Career Services
Introduction to library resources
Catalogs/Databases, WRLC, Liaison librarians, etc.

WEEK 3, Tuesday, September 11 and Thursday, September 13

Introduction to library resources
Scholarly/Popular, Primary/Secondary, etc.
Records/Fields, Search Algebra, Operators, etc.

WEEK 4 Tuesday, September 18 and Thursday, September 20

Quiz preparation
Terms quiz

WEEK 5 Tuesday, September 25

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, Tuesday, October 2 and Thursday, October 4

DUE Tuesday: draft of part 1 of Paper #1: explanation/description of development
Thursday: Peer review workshop for part 1 of Paper #1

WEEK 7 Thursday, October 11

DUE Thursday: Full draft of paper #1

WEEK 8 Tuesday, October 16 and Thursday, October 18

Tuesday: Peer review session for full drafts of paper #1
Thursday:  Discussion of drafts of Paper #1
Thursday: Paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting, and other writing skills

WEEK 9 Tuesday, October 23 and Thursday, October 25

Tuesday: Paper #2 assigned
Thursday: Discussion of Paper #2

WEEK 10 Tuesday, October 30 and Thursday, November 1 NO CLASS MEETINGS

DUE by Tuesday to my office (PAB A407G) or English Department box (Robinson A487):  Paper #1
CONFERENCES
DUE AT CONFERENCE: Short summary of written conversation surrounding your topic (1-2 paragraphs) and 6-10 sources

WEEK 11 Tuesday, November 6 and Thursday, November 8

DUE Thursday: Writer/audience/purpose notes on three sources for Paper #2
Thursday: In-class work on Paper #2

WEEK 12 Tuesday, November 13 and Thursday, November 15

Tuesday: Discussion of analysis section of Paper #2
DUE Thursday: Draft of summary section of Paper #2 plus notes on analysis section
Returned this week: Paper #1 with provisional grade

WEEK 13 Tuesday, November 20

Tuesday: In-class discussion of model paper #2

WEEK 14  Tuesday, November 27 and Thursday, November 29

Tuesday: Paper #3 and Endnote annotations assigned
Tuesday: Bring along Endnote bibliography
DUE Thursday: Paper #2 (We won't have class on Thursday: Please hand this in by sliding under my office door or placing in my English Department box by 4:30.)

WEEK 15  Thursday, December 6

Course evaluations, last words, etc.

WEEK 16 

Monday, December 10

DUE via e-mail: Paper #3

Friday, December 14

DUE by 1:00 p.m.:  Optional revisions of Papers #1 and #2 and complete annotated Endnote bibliography