All assignments should be submitted both electronically (to your
instructor's email address) and on paper (in your instructor's mailbox
in TLS 312, the
EEB office) by 4 PM on the due date. Give your electronic files
names that will be easily identifiable to your instructor (e.g.,
LastNameShort.doc for your short paper and authors.pdf for the article
you are critiquing).
Work will be returned outside your instructor's office or by email.
Pay close attention to all format and length requirements.
Submit all work in computer-printed or typed form, double-spaced,
with
1-inch margins and page numbers.
It is your responsibility
to
make an appointment for individual meetings. After work is
returned, your instructor will post an appointment sign-up sheet by his
or
her office. If you cannot make a scheduled meeting
time,
please e-mail or call to cancel and re-schedule.
| Date | Assignment | Details |
| Friday, Feb. 1 |
Deadline for approval of short
paper topic |
The paper you are reviewing for
the short paper assignment must be approved by your instructor.
If you did not receive approval at the library session, email your
instructor for approval. The body of the email should include all
of the following: complete citation, abstract, and link to the
online version of the paper. |
| Thursday, Feb. 7 | Short paper due &
Quiz 1
deadline |
See short
paper assignment. Please follow the general instructions above for submitting work (or alternative instructions if provided by your W instructor), and include a pdf of the article you are critiquing with your electronic submission |
| Feb. 11-15 | Individual meetings | 1. Discuss short
paper revisions
2. Discuss potential term paper topics: bring a short description of at least two potential topics, and one or two relevant references for each. |
| Thursday, Feb. 21 | Short paper revision due | Include first
draft of paper
with instructor comments if returned on paper. |
| Tuesday, March 4 | Term paper outline due | Hand in all of
the following:
1. A proposed thesis statement for your term paper. 2. A brief summary of your main argument and evidence (a page or less) 3. An outline of the paper (with as much detail as possible) 4. Annotated bibliography with at least 5 references from the primary literature. |
| March 17-21 | Individual meetings | Discuss term paper outline. |
| Thursday, April 10 | Term paper draft due | Turn in a complete draft of your term paper in the required format. This should NOT be a draft in the sense that it is the something you haven’t already put substantial effort into editing or have not proofread. It should reflect a serious effort on your part to produce an already polished paper. |
| April 14-18 | Individual meetings | Discuss term paper revisions. |
| Thursday,
May 1 |
Term paper revision due | Include first
draft of paper
with instructor comments if returned on paper. |