Assignments & Grading

Assignments

Writing in My Discipline (35%): You will give an oral presentation on academic writing in your discipline. For this presentation, you will interview someone with a terminal degree in your field of study, as well as use credible sources, for your information. You may complete this project by yourself or with a classmate/classmates from your discipline.

Writing Academic Introductions (35%): You will use the literature in your discipline to create an argument for proposing a new research study in your field; you will then use this argument to write an introduction to a research article.

Writing Resumes & CVs (20%): You will draft and revise a resume or a curriculum vitae (CV). You will receive supportive feedback on your writing from your classmates, the Career Center, the Writing Resource Center (WRC), and our teaching assistant (TA).

Participation (10%): Participation is your active engagement in course activities both during class time (e.g., class discussions, in-class writings, and group work) and outside of class time (e.g., writing conferences and our Canvas discussion forum); it also includes how prepared you are for class, i.e., completing and reflecting upon the readings and homework in advance. Active participation in this class is expected, encouraged, and rewarded.

Grading

• This course is pass/fail. You must achieve 75% or higher on the course requirements in order to pass the course.

• All major assignments (Writing in My Discipline, Writing an Academic Introduction, and Writing Resumes & CVs) must be completed and submitted in a timely manner in order for you to pass the course.

• All assignments must be done completely in order for you to receive credit.

• No incompletes will be given.