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Course Schedule – Semester 1, August – November 2009

Week of

First tutorial

Second tutorial

Work set

Work due

17 – 21 Aug

 

Principles of inferential reasoning

Argument structure & evaluation

Workbin on fallacies

 

24 – 28 Aug

Principles of critique

Writing a critique

Paper analysis
(group)
Workbin on analysis

 

30 Aug – 4 Sep

 

Presentation of analyses

In-text citation

Workbin on in-text citation
Asn 1: Critique

 

7 – 11 Sep

Position paper preliminaries

Visual idea organizers and brainstorming

Asn 2: Position paper – research plans

 

14 – 18 Sep

An overview of the position paper

Presentation of research plans

Find suitable sources of info for Asn 2 & annotate

Assignment 1

21 – 25 Sep(21 Sep is Hari Raya Puasa)

 

MID-SEMESTER BREAK

28 Sep – 2 Oct

Sharing of annotated resources for Asn 2

Writing introductions

Write introductions

 

 

5 – 9 Oct

Writing recommendations

Review of introductions (incorporating OD practice)

Write recommendations

 

12 – 16 Oct

 

Review of recommendations
(incorporating OD practice)

Return of critiques +
discussion of conferencing and OD procedures

Write conclusion and add references & appendices

Assignment 2 (1st draft)

 

19 – 23 Oct

Conferencing

Conferencing

Improve 1st draft

 

26 -30 Oct

Conferencing

Conferencing

Ditto

Assignment 2
(final draft)

2 – 6 Nov

Oral defence

Oral defence

 

 

9 – 13 Nov

Oral defence

Exam briefing / recap

 

 

Exam : 20 Nov (Fri) 9am