ENGL202A, 007 – Fall 2015, Hart – Schedule
Week 1
Date
8/24
8/26
Day
M
W
Topic
Course Introduction
Social Science as
Distinct Form
Reading Due
Writing Due
Social Science as a Distinct Form of
Inquiry (Friedman & Steinberg)
Assignment: “Take Social
Scientist Perspectives”
8/28
F
Choosing a Research
Topic
The Logical Structure of Social
Science Writing (Friedman &
Steinberg)
DUE: “Take Social
Scientist Perspectives”
Date
8/31
Day
M
Topic
Writing Due
9/2
W
Reading Due
The Experiment (Friedman &
Steinberg)
Discovering Your Topic (Lester &
Lester)
9/4
F
Week 2
Sample experiment essay (Angel)
Reading: Observation (Friedman &
Steinberg)
Week 3
Date
Day Topic
9/7
M
9/9
W
9/11
F
Reading Due
NO CLASS: Labor Day
Sample ethnographic essay
(Angel)
The Interview (Friedman &
Steinberg)
Week 4
Date
Day Topic
9/14
M
9/16
W
Research Proposals
Writing Due
Reading Due
Writing Due
Sample survey and interview essay
(Angel)
Assignment: Research
Writing from Research (Lester &
Proposal
Lester)
Sample Research Proposals
(Angel, and Lester and Lester, p.
186-190)
9/18
F
Peer Review
Workshop
DUE: Research Proposal,
draft 1
Week 5
Date
Day Topic
9/21
M
Lit reviews
9/23
W
Lit Reviews
9/25
F
Library Research
Week 6
Date
Day Topic
9/28
M
Integrating
References
9/30
10/2
W
F
Reading Due
Writing Due
Writing the Review of Literature on a
Topic (Lester & Lester)
Sample Literature Reviews
(Angel)
DUE: Research Proposal,
draft 2
Assignment: Literature
Review
Conference on Research
Proposal, draft 2
Reading Due
Writing Due
Blending Reference Material into
Your Report (Lester & Lester)
DUE: Research Proposal,
draft 3
Preparing the References List (Lester
& Lester)
Short Assignment: APA
Style Exercise
Due: APA Style Exercise
Career Development
Project
Short assignment: job
ad/graduate program
analysis
DUE: Literature Review,
draft 1
Peer Review
Workshop
Week 7
Date
Day Topic
10/5
M
Field Research
Reading Due
Writing Due
Report of an Empirical Study (Lester
& Lester)
DUE: Literature Review,
draft 2
Gathering Data by Field Research and
Lab Testing (Lester & Lester)
10/7
10/9
W
F
Research Findings
Peer Review
Workshop
Sample Findings Reports (Angel)
Assignment: Findings
Report
Short Assignment: Interview
Questions/Survey Items
DUE: Interview
Question/Survey Items
Conference: Literature
Review, draft 2
Week 8
Date
Day Topic
10/12
M
Cover Letters/
Personal Statements
Reading Due
Writing Due
Sample cover letters/personal
statements (Angel)
DUE: Literature Review,
draft 3
DUE: job ad/graduate
program analysis
10/14
W
Peer Review
Workshop
10/16
F
Resumes/ CVs
Week 9
Date
Day Topic
10/19
M
Peer Review
Workshop
10/21
W
Class presentations
and critique
10/23
F
Class presentations
and critique
Week 10
Date
Day Topic
Class presentations
10/26
M
10/28
W
10/30
F
W
11/7
F
Sample resumes/CV’s (Angel)
Assignment: Resumes/CV’s
Reading Due
Writing Due
DUE: Resumes/CV’s, draft
1
DUE: Cover
letters/personal statements,
draft 2
DUE: Resumes/CV’s, draft
2
Reading Due
Writing Due
Reading Due
Writing Due
and critique
Class presentations
and critique
Class presentations
and critique
Week 11
Date
Day Topic
Class presentations
11/2
M
11/5
Assignment: Cover
letters/personal statements
DUE: Cover letters/
personal statements, draft 1
and critique
Class presentations
and critique
Class presentations
and critique
Week 12
Date
Day Topic
Peer Review
11/9
M
Reading Due
Writing Due
DUE: Findings Report,
draft 1
Workshop
11/12
11/14
W
Research Reports
DUE: Findings Report,
draft 2
Research Reports (Angel)
Assignment: Research
Report
F
NO CLASS
Week 13
Date
Day Topic
11/16
M
11/18
Writing and Research in the Social
Sciences (Friedman & Steinberg)
W
Research Reports
Reading Due
Writing Due
Rhetorical Strategies (Friedman &
Steinberg)
Conference: Findings
Report, draft 2
DUE: Findings Report,
draft 3
Conference: Findings
Report, draft 2
11/20
F
Week 14
Date
11/22 – 11/28
NO CLASS
Day
MWF
Topic
Week 15
Date
Day Topic
Peer Review
11/30
M
12/2
W
12/4
F
W
12/4
F
Writing Due
NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break
Reading Due
Writing Due
DUE: Research Report,
draft 1
DUE: Research Report,
draft 2
Workshop
Peer Review
Workshop
Week 16
Date
Day Topic
11/30
M
12/2
Reading Due
Blending Reference Material into
Your Report (Lester and Lester)
Reading Due
Writing Due
Conference: Research
Report, draft 2
Conference: Research
Report, draft 2
DUE: Research Report,
draft 3