Week

Date

Lectures

Homework Assignments

Assignments Due

Writing Workshop Assignment

Reading

1

Jan 18

Course Introduction;
Persuasive Science Communication

Assignment 1:
1-page Research Topic paper

WW0

2

Jan 25

Journal Club Presentations;
Publication Process/Refereeing

Assignment 2:
Journal Club Presentation/Referee Report

WW1

Paragraphs

WW Advice 1

3

Feb 1

Organization of a Scientific Paper: Writing Abstracts and Introductions; Referencing

Assignment 3:
Research Topic Abstract and Introduction w/ References

Assignment 1 Due

WW2
(solutions)

Verb Usage

4

Feb 8

Scientific Presentations

JC Paper Selection Due

WW3
(solutions)

Logical Argumentation

5

Feb 15

Methods and Results Sections of Scientific Papers; Displaying Scientific Data; Writing Figure Captions

Assignment 4:
Research Methods and Results w/ Figures

Assignment 3 Draft Due

WW4
(solutions)

Introductory Commas

6

Feb 22

Referee Report Due

WW5 (solutions)

Ambiguous Pronouns

7

March 1

15-Minute Journal Club Presentations

Assignment 5:
25-Minute Research Presentation

Referee Report Due

8

March 8

Creating Scientific Posters

Assignment 6:
Scientific Poster (optional assignment)

Assignment 3 Final Due

WW6 (solutions)

9

March 15

Writing Scientific Proposals; Effective Project Summaries; Physics 598 Proposal Assignment

Assignment 7:
Scientific Proposal

Assignment 4 Draft Due

WW7 (solutions)

March 22

SPRING BREAK

10

March 29

Proposal Review Process; CVs for Proposals; Writing Budgets for Proposals

Assignment 8:
Final Research Paper

WW8 (solutions)

NSF-style CV template

NIH-style CV template

11

April 5

25-Minute Research Presentations

Proposal Project Summaries Due

12

April 12

25-Minute Research Presentations

Assignment 4 Final Due

WW9 (solutions)

Only

13

April 19

25-Minute Research Presentations

Proposal Due
Proposal Review Form

Proposal Review Assignments

WW10

With
Need
Like

14

April 26

Final Paper Due by May 10