Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
| 1 |
Aug 24—Introductions, Syllabus
HW: Draft a comprehensive statement of professional interests,
relevant experiences, and qualifications (1-2 pages typed,
single-spaced)
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Aug 26—Workshop on statements of professional interests
(Jim collects); Resume intros, discussion.
HW: 1) Locate 3 resumes from a relevant professional area,
print, and bring to class; 2) Draft/revise your own resume
|
2 |
Aug 31—Notes on resume writing; resume workshop
HW: Revised resume and professional statements due
|
Sept 2—Collect resume and professional statement;
Final thoughts on these; Memo writing; Introduction to ethical
issues in professional writing
HW: Assigned reading; Response Memo
|
3 |
Sept 7—Discussion of assigned reading, ethics in professional
writing; writing issues
HW: TBA
|
Sept 9—Formation of teams and introduction to the
major course project; assignment sheet distributed; issues
in team-building
HW: TBA
|
4 |
Sept 14—Researching sites, considering the proposal;
writing issues
HW: TBA
|
Sept 16-- Researching sites, considering the proposal; case
studies; writing issues
HW: Draft of the proposal (team)
|
5 |
Sept 21—Peer review of proposal drafts; case studies;
writing issues
HW: Revised Proposal Due Thursday
|
Sept 23—Discuss proposals; brainstorm on locating
documents to analyze at the sites; case studies.
HW: TBA
|
6 |
Sept 28—Issues in rhetorical and cultural analysis;
case studies; writing issues
HW: Draft of analysis of document(s), (individually)
|
Sept 30—Peer review the analyses; issues in analytical
writing; case studies; writing issues
HW: Final draft of analysis
|
7 |
Oct 5—Collect analyses; Locating an interviewee for
the project; Interviewing; Writing issues
HW: TBA
|
Oct 7—Drafting interview questions
HW: Interview planning; TBA
|
8 |
Oct 12—Completing the interviews, analyzing interview
notes; case studies; writing issues |
Oct 14—cultural interview writing; case studies; writing
issues
HW: Draft due of cultural interview
|
9 |
Oct 19—Cultural interview draft peer reviewed; report
writing
HW: CI due Friday
|
Oct 21—CI collected; report writing; other writing
issues
HW: TBA
|
10 |
Oct 26—Report writing; writing issues
HW: TBA
|
Oct 28—report writing; writing issues
HW: Draft of Report Due
|
11 |
Nov 2—Drafts peer reviewed; Oral presentation issues;
conferences with Jim |
Nov 4—Workshopping; Conferences with Jim |
12 |
Nov 9—Second draft of reports due for peer review;
work shopping; Oral presentation issues |
Nov 11—Veteran’s Day, No class |
13 |
Nov 16—Presentations |
Nov 18—Presentations
HW: Reports due
|
14 |
Nov 23—Presentations
Collect reports
|
Nov 25—Thanksgiving, No class |
15 |
Nov 30—Begin course reflections, final document drafting
and revision |
Dec 2
HW—Course ending documents due
|
16 |
Dec 7—Last class—Documents due; course evals
|
Dec 9—Dead Day |
