ENGL 302-N11: Advanced Composition in the Natural Sciences
Spring Semester, 2007  George Mason University
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00-4:15  Innovation Hall 330

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

WEEK 1 Tuesday, January 23 and Thursday, January 25

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

WEEK 2  Tuesday, January 30 and Thursday, February 1

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

WEEK 3, Tuesday, February 6 and Thursday, February 8

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

WEEK 4 Tuesday, February 13 and Thursday, February 15

Quiz preparation
Terms quiz

WEEK 5 Tuesday, February 20 and Thursday, February 22

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, February 27 and Thursday, March 1

DUE Tuesday: draft of part one of Paper #1: explanation/description of development
Discussion: Paper #1

WEEK 7 Tuesday, March 6 and Thursday, March 8

DUE Tuesday: Draft of paper #1
Thursday: Peer review session for paper #1
Thursday:  Discussion of drafts of Paper #1

WEEK 8 Tuesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 15 NO CLASS -- SPRING BREAK

WEEK 10 Tuesday, March 27 and Thursday, March 29

CONFERENCES

WEEK 11 Tuesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 5

DUE Tuesday: Notes on sources for Paper #2
Thursday: Discussion of Paper #2

WEEK 12 Tuesday, April 10 and Thursday, April 12

DUE Tuesday: Draft of Paper #2 and four additional copies
Thursday: Workshop on Paper #2

WEEK 13 Tuesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 19

Tuesday: Paper #3 and Endnote annotations assigned
Tuesday: Bring along Endnote bibliography
Thursday: Paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting

WEEK 14  Tuesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 26

DUE Thursday: Paper #2
Discussion of Paper #3, Annotated Endnote bibliograpy

WEEK 15  Tuesday, May 1 and Thursday, May 3

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

WEEK 16  Friday, May 11