Writing for business and professions/Readings and activities/Fall 2012 two classes per week

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Weekly Agenda (Preliminary)

Week 1: Jan 17, 20

  • Tuesday: Introduction to course
  • Friday: pages 1-6

Week 2: Jan 24, 27

  • Newspaper exercise, page 7
  • Six P’s exercise, page 9
  • Friday 1/27 meet in Douglass Library: finding a problem

Week 3: Jan 31, Feb 3

  • Cover letter and resume assignment - chapter 3--peer review Tuesday
  • Friday 2/3 meet in Douglass Library: research

Week 4: Feb 7, Feb 10

  • DUE: Cover letter and resume assignment – final draft
  • Chapter 2 Introduction and Thomas Kuhn, “The Essential Tension,” pages 11-22
  • Malcolm Gladwell, “Designs for Working,” pages 23-30
  • Research and APA format – Chapter 4

Week 5: Feb 14, Feb 17

  • Judith Hooper, “A New Germ Theory,” pages 31-45
  • White paper assignment (1 to 1 1/2 pages) – Chapter 4

Week 6: Feb 21, Feb 24

  • Daniel Sarewitz and Roger Pielke, Jr. “Breaking the Global Warming Gridlock,” pages 47-59
  • Midterm paper guidelines and samples - Chapter 5

Week 7: Feb 28, Mar 2

  • Annotated bibliography, pages 101-103
  • Midterm assignment – Chapter 5

Week 8: Mar 6, Mar 9

  • Ian Parker, “Absolute PowerPoint,” pages 61-69
  • SPRING BREAK - MARCH 13 -16 - NO CLASSES

Week 9: Mar 20, Mar 23

  • Oral presentation guidelines - Chapter 6
  • Video of past oral presentations

Week 10: Mar 27, Mar 30

  • Plan for the project proposal and review final proposal samples – Chapter 7

Week 11: Apr 3, Apr 6

  • DUE: Oral presentations with peer evaluations
  • Peer revision workshops of project proposals (cover letter, title page, abstract, table of contents, table of figures)

Week 12: Apr 10, Apr 13

  • DUE: Oral presentations with peer evaluations
  • Peer revision workshops of project proposals (introduction, literature review)

Week 13: Apr 17, Apr 20

  • DUE: Oral presentations with peer evaluations
  • Peer revision workshops for project proposals (plan, budget, discussion)

Week 14: Apr 24, Apr 27

  • DUE: Oral presentations with peer evaluations
  • Peer revision workshops for project proposals (references, visual aids, appendix)
  • DUE: Submit final project proposal at last class meeting
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