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Course Schedule – Semester 2, January – April 2012

Week of

First session

Second session

Work set

Work due

16 – 20 Jan

Principles of inferential reasoning

Argument structure & evaluation

Workbin on fallacies

 

23 Jan – 27 Jan

Principles of critique

Writing a critique

Paper analysis
(group)
Workbin on analysis

 

30 Jan – 3 Feb

 

Presentation of analyses

In-text citation

Workbin on in-text citation
Asn 1: Critique

 

6 – 10 Feb

Position paper preliminaries
+Library On-line guide & Breeze

Visual idea organizers and brainstorming

Asn 2: – Info Search -- Online guide, Breeze, Clinic sessions & Online quiz

 

13 – 17 Feb

An overview of the position paper

Presentation of research plans

Find suitable sources of info for Asn 2 & annotate

Assignment 1

18  -- 26 Feb


MID-SEMESTER BREAK

27 Feb – 2 Mar

Sharing annotated res for Asn 2

Writing introductions

Write introductions

 

 

5 – 9 Mar

Writing recommendations

Review of introductions (incorporating OD practice)

Write recommendations

 

12 – 16 Mar

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 Mar

Conferencing

Conferencing

Improve 1st draft

 

26 Mar – 30 Mar

Conferencing

Conferencing

Ditto

Assignment 2
(final draft)

2 – 6 Apr

Oral defence

Oral defence

 

 

9 – 13 Apr

Oral defence

Exam briefing / recap

 

 

20 April Fri 9 am- EG 1413 Exam