Week

Date

Lectures

Homework Assignments

Assignments Due

Writing Workshop Assignment

Reading

1

Jan 24

Course Introduction;
Persuasive Science Communication

Assignment 1:
1-page Research Topic paper

WW0

2

Jan 31

Journal Club Presentations;
Publication Process/Refereeing

Assignment 2:
Journal Club Presentation/Referee Report

WW1
(solutions)

Paragraphs

WW Advice 1

3

Feb 7

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 14

Scientific Presentations

JC Paper Selection Due

WW3
(solutions)

Logical Argumentation

5

Feb 21

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
(in class handout)

Figures and Captions

6

Feb 28

20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Zack Dell;
Yewon Gim;
Nicole Johnson;
JunHwan Kim;
Kiel Williams

Referee Report Due

WW5
(solutions)

Introductory Commas

7

March 7

20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Mallory Conlon;
Kewen Han;
Liang Liu;
Cheryl Weyant;
Jaehyung Yu

Assignment 5:
20-Minute Research Presentation

Referee Report Due

WW6 (solutions)

Ambiguous Pronouns

8

March 14

20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Shu-Han Chao;
SungKu Kang;
Zhidong Leong;
Yizhi You

Assignment 3 Final Due

WW7 (solutions)

9

March 21

20-Minute Journal Club Presentations: Laura Fierce;
Anh Phan
Writing Scientific Proposals; Effective Project Summaries; Physics 598 Proposal Assignment

Assignment 6:
Scientific Proposal

Assignment 4 Draft Due

WW8 (solutions)

March 28

SPRING BREAK

10

April 4

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

Assignment 7:
Final Research Paper

WW9 (solutions)

NSF-style CV template

NIH-style CV template

11

April 11

20-Minute Research Presentations:
Zack Dell;
Yewon Gim;
Kewen Han;
JunHwan Kim;
Yizhi You

Proposal Project Summaries Due

12

April 18

20-Minute Research Presentations:
Mallory Conlon;
SungKu Kang;
Zhidong Leong;
Kiel Williams;
Jaehyung Yu

Assignment 4 Final Due

WW10 (solutions)

Only

13

April 25

20-Minute Research Presentations:
Shu-Han Chao;
Nicole Johnson;
Liang Liu

Proposal Due
Proposal Review Form

Proposal Review Assignments

WW11 (solutions)

With
Need
Like

14

May 2

Final Paper Due by May 16