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'''Instructors'''<br/> | '''Instructors'''<br/> | ||
| − | Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch, coordinator | + | Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch, coordinator | |
'''Office''': BioPharm 305B, '''Phone''': 486-4452 | '''Office''': BioPharm 305B, '''Phone''': 486-4452 | ||
'''e-mail''': elizabeth.jockusch[at]uconn.edu<br/> | '''e-mail''': elizabeth.jockusch[at]uconn.edu<br/> | ||
| − | Dr. Richard King | + | Dr. Richard King | |
'''Office''': TLS 470, '''Phone''': 486-5662 | '''Office''': TLS 470, '''Phone''': 486-5662 | ||
| − | '''e-mail''': richard.w.king | + | '''e-mail''': richard.w.king[at]uconn.edu<br/> |
| − | Dr. Chris Simon | + | Dr. Chris Simon | |
'''Office''': BioPharm 305D, '''Phone''': 486-4640 | '''Office''': BioPharm 305D, '''Phone''': 486-4640 | ||
| − | '''e-mail''': christine.simon | + | '''e-mail''': christine.simon[at]uconn.edu<br/> |
| − | Dr. Chuck Smith | + | Dr. Chuck Smith | |
'''Office''': BioPharm 410, '''Phone''': 486-4158 | '''Office''': BioPharm 410, '''Phone''': 486-4158 | ||
| − | '''e-mail''': smithcf | + | '''e-mail''': smithcf[at]hotmail.com<br/> |
| − | Dr. Peter Turchin | + | Dr. Peter Turchin | |
'''Office''': TLS 462, '''Phone''': 486-3603 | '''Office''': TLS 462, '''Phone''': 486-3603 | ||
| − | '''e-mail''': peter.turchin | + | '''e-mail''': peter.turchin[at]uconn.edu<br/> |
| − | Kristina Catanese, Writing Fellow | + | Kristina Catanese, Writing Fellow | |
| − | '''e-mail''': kristina.catanese | + | '''e-mail''': kristina.catanese[at]uconn.edu<br/> |
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| + | '''Announcements:''' Check this website to find out who your individual instructor is. This information will be posted by the end of the first week of classes. All assignments are submitted to, and graded by, your instructor. Your instructor will also provide additional information about how to submit work, assignment requirements and required meetings, either by email or through the W website. | ||
| − | + | '''Course Goals:''' The goals of this course are to help you learn to present your ideas and arguments in clear, well-organized prose and to introduce you to library research in biology. Because it is a science course, some of what you learn about writing will apply principally to scientific writing, but your efforts in this course will also translate into enhanced skills in other writing tasks.<br/> | |
| − | '''Course Goals:''' The goals of this course are to help you learn to present your ideas and arguments in clear, well-organized prose and to introduce you to library research in biology. Because it is a science course, some of what you learn about writing will | + | The assignments are geared towards writing a term paper on a subject that interests you in evolutionary biology. It is very important that you devote time and thought to your choice of topic so that you enjoy the research that goes into this paper. By the end of the course, you will be an expert on this topic!<br/> |
| − | apply principally to scientific writing, but your efforts in this course will also translate into enhanced skills in other writing tasks. | + | |
| − | The | + | |
| + | '''Requirements''' | ||
| + | ''Meetings'': All W students must sign up for and attend one session on library resources during the 1st or 2nd week of classes. Sign-up is through HuskyCT. Failure to attend one of these sessions may result in being dropped from the W section. Your instructor may require additional meetings.<br/> | ||
| + | ''Quizzes'': All students must pass 3 online quizzes, which will be administered through HuskyCT.<br/> | ||
| + | ''Assignments'': The final written product in this course is a review paper that defends a significant claim in evolutionary biology using data from the primary literature. This paper should be 4500-5000 words in length (about 15 pages) and cite a minimum of 8 references from the primary literature. To guide you through the process of researching and writing your paper, there are four term paper assignments. <br/> | ||
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| − | '''Plagiarism:''' Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s ideas or words as your own. In its most blatant form, it involves quoting without quotation marks or without proper attribution of credit, including doing so from another student’s paper or from a commercially available one. Paraphrasing without giving credit | + | '''Plagiarism:''' Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s ideas or words as your own. In its most blatant form, it involves quoting without quotation marks or without proper attribution of credit, including doing so from another student’s paper or from a commercially available one. This form of plagiarism will result in an F for the course. Paraphrasing without giving credit or changing only a few words (i.e., paraphrasing too closely) even if you give credit are also examples of plagiarism. Penalties for these forms of plagiarism will range from a requirement to rewrite the assignment (if proper citations are included) to a 0 for the assignment to an F for the course (if proper citations are not included). Of course, you’ll be discussing the ideas of others in your paper, but you must express the ideas in your own words and cite the reference for each idea that is not your own in the text. <br/> |
Revision as of 08:05, 11 January 2009
Evolution 2245W-Spring 2009
Instructors
Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch, coordinator |
Office: BioPharm 305B, Phone: 486-4452
e-mail: elizabeth.jockusch[at]uconn.edu
Dr. Richard King |
Office: TLS 470, Phone: 486-5662
e-mail: richard.w.king[at]uconn.edu
Dr. Chris Simon |
Office: BioPharm 305D, Phone: 486-4640
e-mail: christine.simon[at]uconn.edu
Dr. Chuck Smith |
Office: BioPharm 410, Phone: 486-4158
e-mail: smithcf[at]hotmail.com
Dr. Peter Turchin |
Office: TLS 462, Phone: 486-3603
e-mail: peter.turchin[at]uconn.edu
Kristina Catanese, Writing Fellow |
e-mail: kristina.catanese[at]uconn.edu
Announcements: Check this website to find out who your individual instructor is. This information will be posted by the end of the first week of classes. All assignments are submitted to, and graded by, your instructor. Your instructor will also provide additional information about how to submit work, assignment requirements and required meetings, either by email or through the W website.
Course Goals: The goals of this course are to help you learn to present your ideas and arguments in clear, well-organized prose and to introduce you to library research in biology. Because it is a science course, some of what you learn about writing will apply principally to scientific writing, but your efforts in this course will also translate into enhanced skills in other writing tasks.
The assignments are geared towards writing a term paper on a subject that interests you in evolutionary biology. It is very important that you devote time and thought to your choice of topic so that you enjoy the research that goes into this paper. By the end of the course, you will be an expert on this topic!
Requirements
Meetings: All W students must sign up for and attend one session on library resources during the 1st or 2nd week of classes. Sign-up is through HuskyCT. Failure to attend one of these sessions may result in being dropped from the W section. Your instructor may require additional meetings.
Quizzes: All students must pass 3 online quizzes, which will be administered through HuskyCT.
Assignments: The final written product in this course is a review paper that defends a significant claim in evolutionary biology using data from the primary literature. This paper should be 4500-5000 words in length (about 15 pages) and cite a minimum of 8 references from the primary literature. To guide you through the process of researching and writing your paper, there are four term paper assignments.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s ideas or words as your own. In its most blatant form, it involves quoting without quotation marks or without proper attribution of credit, including doing so from another student’s paper or from a commercially available one. This form of plagiarism will result in an F for the course. Paraphrasing without giving credit or changing only a few words (i.e., paraphrasing too closely) even if you give credit are also examples of plagiarism. Penalties for these forms of plagiarism will range from a requirement to rewrite the assignment (if proper citations are included) to a 0 for the assignment to an F for the course (if proper citations are not included). Of course, you’ll be discussing the ideas of others in your paper, but you must express the ideas in your own words and cite the reference for each idea that is not your own in the text.
Grading notes
1. Your grade in the W section is one quarter of your course grade in EEB 2245W. In accordance with university regulations, a failing grade for this section will result in an ‘F’ for the entire course.
2. 3% of the points will be deducted for each day an assignment is late up to a maximum of 15%.
3. Students who plagiarize or otherwise violate academic integrity are subject to serious penalties, including failure for the course.
sample of draft student paper, excluding conclusion:
another sample of draft student paper, excluding conclusion:
Details of Term Paper Assignment
General rules for citing sources in scientific writing
Schedule and Deadlines and Grading Scheme
Additional Resources:
Sugene Noh has developed a blog designed to assist 2245W students. While the blog is aimed toward students in 245W during the Spring 2008 semester, much of the information is still relevant and you are strongly encouraged to look at what Sugene has posted. The blog may be accessed at:
http://uconnwritinginscience.wordpress.com/
The UConn writing center (http://www.writingcenter.uconn.edu/) is available to provide additional help at all stages in the writing and revising process. They provide individual tutors to work with you (it's free), and the past experience of EEB 2245W students has been very positive.
Grading breakdown (100 point scale)
To be determined
