| SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to course Introduction to professional writing | |
| 2 | Strategy, process and style | Memo 1 due |
| 3 | Appealing to a general audience | Exercise 1 due |
| 4 | Coherence | |
| 5 | Peer workshop 1 | Formal paper 1 due Quiz 1: Coherence |
| 6 | Letters and memos | |
| 7 | Verb forms | Memo 2 due |
| 8 | Job application process | Exercise 2 due |
| 9 | Writing up research (1): Details | |
| 10 | Peer workshop 2 | Formal paper 2 due Quiz 2: Verb forms |
| 11 | Academic honesty and documentation | Exercise 3 due |
| 12 | Indefinite and definite articles | |
| 13 | Writing up research (2): Abstracts and introductions | Exercise 4 due |
| 14 | Proposals (1) | |
| 15 | Peer workshop 3 | Formal paper 3 due Quiz 3: Articles |
| 16 | Proposals (2) | |
| 17 | Writing up research: Data commentary | Memo 4 due |
| 18 | Punctuation Proofreading | Exercise 5 due |
| 19 | Peer workshop | Formal paper 4 due Quiz 4: Punctuation |
| 20 | Relative clauses | |
| 21-22 | Individual conferences | Memo 5 due Tentative outline of Final paper due |
| 23 | Posters, publishing and professionalism | Final paper due |
| 24 | Presenting conference papers | Quiz 5: Relative clauses |
| 25 | Course overview Course evaluations |