Assignment Schedule
| Day | Date | Topic | Writing Due | Reading Due |
| 1 | 4-2 | (Jargon of professional writers) | [in-class: sample] | |
| 2 | -4 | Social nature of science (What is Science Comm?) | ch. 1-1 to 1-3* | |
| 3 | -9 | (Plagiarism in science) | [in-class: paraphrase] | ch. 1-4 to 1-6; ch. 9 (pp.229-233) |
| 4 | -11 | Technology in Science | ch. 2-1 to 2-5 | |
| 5 | -16 | [in-class: patterns] | ch. 2-6 to 2-8 | |
| 6 | -18 | Research Reports |
ch.
4-1 to 4-4 ch. 9 (p. 247) ch. 10 (p. 307) |
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| 7 | -23 | (Argument in science) | ch.
4-5
to 4-6 ch. 9 (pp. 247-249) ch. 10 (pp. 307-311) |
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| 8 | -25 | (workshop: commas) | [in-class: commas] | ch. 4-7 to 4-9 ch. 9 (pp. 249-250) ch. 10 (pp. 311-312) |
| 9 | 6-30 | (workshop: concision) | [in-class: concision] | ch. 4-10 to 4-12 |
| 10 | 5-2 | (workshop: Narrative) | Project 1 | |
| 11 | -7 | Research Reviews | ch. 5-1 to 5-6 ch. 9 (pp. 234-243) |
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| 12 | -9 | (workshop: Parallelism) | ch. 5-7 to 5-9 | |
| 13 | -14 | Project 2 | ||
| 14 | -16 | Research Proposals | ch. 7-1 to 7-5 ch. 11 (pp. 278-294) |
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| 15 | -21 | (workshop: coherence) | ch. 7-6 to 7-10 ch. 11 (pp. 294-306) |
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| 16 | -23 | Project 3 | ||
| 17 | -28 | Public Audiences | ch. 8-1 to 8-2 | |
| 18 | -30 | (workshop: definition) | Ex. 8.3 (p. 207) | ch. 8-3 to 8-9 |
| 19 | 6-4 | Ethics in Science Communication | ch. 3-1 to 3-4 | |
| 20 | -6 | Project 4 | ch. 3-5 to 3-8 |
* All chapters are in Ann M. Penrose and Steven B. Katz, Writing in the Sciences: Exploring Conventions of Scientific Discourse, Third Edition.