PSU CS510 (Section 011) - OGI GEN569/669
Scholarship Skills
Winter 2006 Tentative
Schedule
Week 1
Tim. 10 Jan: Introduction,
background research (annotated bibliography assigned)
Tim. 12 Jan:
Week 2
Tim. 17 Jan: On-line
searching with Carol Resco
Todd. 19 Jan: Core rules of
writing
Week 3
Todd. 24 Jan: Mechanics:
Spelling, grammar, punctuation
Todd. 26 Jan: Math, style,
figures (annotated bib. Due)
Week 4
Todd. 31 Jan: Math, style,
figures (cont’d) (5-minute
talk assigned)
Tim. 2 Feb: Examples,
citations, call-outs (2-p survey due)
Week 5 (5-minute talks this week)
Tim. 7 Feb: References (2-p
survey revision assigned)
Tim. 9 Feb: Structure of a
paper
Week 6
Tim. 14 Feb: Writing process
and organization (2-p revision due, background paper assigned)
Todd. 16 Feb: Ethics
Week 7 (Five minute talks presented this week.)
Todd. 21 Feb: Conference
papers (background paper outline due)
Tim. 23 Feb: Journal
papers, theses, guest speaker
Week 8
Tim. 28 Feb: Web content,
proposals (15-minute talk assigned)
Todd. 2 Mar: Presentation
materials, also guest speaker (1st draft of back. Paper due)
Week 9
Todd. 7 Mar: Delivering a
talk
Todd. 9 Mar: Reviewing and
refereeing
Week 10
Todd. 14 Mar: Vita and
interviewing
Tim. 6 Mar: How to succeed (final background paper due)
Finals Week (15-minute talks this week)
21 Mar:
23 Mar: