Syllabus (docx). Exercise 1: My Academic Interests (400 words).
Defining the academic text and your project.
Institute formal guidelines for dissertation, citations. Chicago Manual of Style (Turabian).
Setting up a Brainstorming Sheet [Assignment 2].
Types of research. Formulating research questions. Fine-tuning research questions.
Working hypotheses. Storyboarding.
Finding sources. Evaluating sources. Effective reading. Note-Taking.
Critical reading: working with other people’s ideas – supporting, expanding, challenging. Finding your own voice.
Mid-term Assignment
Feedback session.
The Methods section.
Constructing an argument. Induction vs. / and deduction. Synchronic vs. / and diachronic approaches.
Presenting evidence.
Critical thinking. Cognitive blindspots and biases. Personal heuristics. Profiting from feedback.
Digital accessibility – presenting, editing and formatting your dissertation.
Moral boundaries of research: plagiarism, AI, post-humanism, scientism.