Schedule and Deadlines

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.

We will not accept assignments out of sequence. If you turn in an assignment late, we may not be able to grade it on time, which will result in less time for revisions.

 
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.