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

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