Now that you’ve all started gathering info on your projects, here are the general goals for each month of the fall course:
September
- Read Parts I & II of The Craft of Research
- Determine your topic
- Isolate your central question and explain its significance
- Start collecting your source material
October
- Each week, bring a short summary of the work you have done, a list of bullet points, make copies for everyone in the course. Bring writing as well when asked.
- Question for the month: Who is your reader?
- Read Part III of The Craft of Research
- Continue to collect sources and develop your bibliography
- Lindsey will lead a session on online research and bibliography management Tuesday Oct. 1, and you will meet with her individually between October 1 and October 8 to develop a strategic research plan
- No Class October 15 (CUNY Monday)
- Sharpen and refine your topic as you read your source material, continue to articulate your central claims
- Lindsey will lead a session on “warrants” in late October
- Have an outline done/begin drafting by the end of the month
November
- Continue to bring a weekly summary of the work you have done on your thesis project
- Read Part IV of The Craft of Research
- Enlarge and refine your bibliography
- Write your 3-5 page introduction to your thesis and bring to class to share in the first week of November
- We will work on abstracts for NCUR this month
- Spend the bulk of your time drafting and revising your thesis
December
- Finish writing your thesis by mid-December.
- The syllabus and goals for the spring semester will be available at our final fall semester class meeting.
