Spanish 501
Fall 2006
August 23
- Introduction to the Course: Me and the Profession
- The COH lab and how to work here
- Beginning to plan your presence on the web what you will need to know and how we will teach it to you.
Please check out http://www.ic.coh.arizona.edu/workshop/workshopfr.htm for information about workshops on using Dreamweaver and other technology in your classes. If you have experience with web page design you may want to sign up for these workshops in September. If not you wil lbe signing up for them in the second haft of the semester as a requirement for the class.
August 30
Ten things I don't understand about this!
An introduction to the art of being a graduate student
- Bring to class in electronic and written form a 30-50 word statement about yourself to go on the "about me" section of your web page. We will do peer editing in class.
September 6
What am I going to do and where am I going to do it?
Before class today, compare the web pages for following institutions of higher learning--paying particular attention to the pages devoted to the Spanish programs: University of Kentucky, College of Charleston, Rutgers, California State University, Fresno, Boise State University. Ripon College, Indiana University.
Can you answer the following questions?
- Into what kinds of categories could you organize these institution of higher education?
- What are the commonalities and differences?
The importance of the C.V. for your professional development
The Curriculum Vitae is basically your wherehouse of academic and professional information. You can organize it in any number of ways. Many of you will not have information to place into some of these categories at the moment . . .but you will eventually.
Bring to class today a word file that has your draft c.v. on it we will do some peer editing and then learn the strategies for maintaining maintaing a c.v. when you put it on your web page.
September 13
The place of writing in your professional development
- Why we write and how to write better
- How to recognize good writing
- Writing for publication, beginning the process--From idea to print and all the steps in between
- Writing and the research agenda.
Before class today you should have read Herzberger, David, "Narrating the Past. History and the Novel of Memory in Postwar Spain." PMLA 106 (1991): 153-173." and should be prepared to answer the following question in class, What makes this article a good piece of writing?
Bring the following to class:
A copy of a paper you have done for another class saved to disk. This will be the paper you will use as the basis for your writing projects in class.
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September 20
Writing and your professional personna
Finding a conference, finding a journal
Do the following by the beginning of class
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Working with a partner find the following: A graduate student conference at which you could present a paper and a regional or national conference at which you could present a paper. a graduate student journal in which you could publish your research, three professional journals in your field which look like interesting places to publish your research.
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Be prepared to discuss the following: what are the requirements to submit work to the conference and journal? What are the deadlines? A useful tool here is the MLA guide to journals, it has a lot of interesting information on them. What does it say about those you have chosen.
The Alpha and the Omega: From abstract to bibliography and Funding
- Crafting an abstract
- Crafting a cover letter
Bring to class today:
- A draft of the abstract for your conference presentation. It should be no more than 250 words. We will work on peer editing them today.
- A draft cover letter
September 27
The art of writing continued
October 4
Sometimes it does grow on trees: How to find grants and how to write one
Bring to class today a draft of your project description for a Tinker Overseas Study grant. We will do peer editing. You can find information about how to write a grant proposal here.
October 11
Putting it all together: Research (the research agenda), teaching and service, community outreach
Another piece of the pie: the book review and how to write it.
By the beginning of class you should have completed reading the book you were assigned to review and read the handout on writing a book review which you can find here.
October 18
Introduction to Web Design
Before Class today you should have done the following
- activated your web space on the U.arizona.edu server. To do this go to http://www.u.arizona.edu/udocs/home.html and follow the general U System Instructions link. When you think you have understood this go to Create your U System Account link toward the bottom of the page and the click on the and then click on the create CCIT Computer Accounts. It will prompt you for your net id and password. They are the same ones you used to create your email account. NOTE you will need to do this from a computer that has SSH Secure Shell Software such as any of the COH labs.
- By the beginning of class today you should have chosen Dreamweaver 1 and 2 workshops to attend.
October 25
Introduction to Web Design 2
November 1 Professor Compitello will be at a conference in Italy. This affords you another opportunity to work with Jerid on technical aspects of your own work and/or group projects.
November 8
Peer editing of book reviews and grant proposals
Make sure to place a copy of a draft of each in your folder on the desktop so that it can be peer edited.
November 15
Documenting your work 1
Begin Reading Gibaldi. Pay particular attention to the formats for footnotes and bibliographies.
Send it to me as an attachment. MAKE SURE THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR SUBMISSION SAYS BENET
November 22
Web page free time
This is compensatory time for attending the
November 29
Documenting your work II
Review Gibaldi. Before class today you should have sent me your answers to the following
Bibliographic exercise 1
Bibliography 2
Send them as attachments. Make the subject line of your email message HOMEWORK
December 7
Final Remarks and Conclusions
Each group guide us through its course web site. To receive credit the page must work and all links must be active
At the end of class today all work for the semester is due. This includes
- URL for final group project
- URL for your web page
- 30 item bibliography
- conference letter and abstract
- book review
- Grant proposal
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