Schedule

Tentative Class Schedule

Writing Assignment Dates

Materials and Methods

Draft 19 Sep

Revised 24 Sep

Figures and Tables

Draft 8 Oct

Revised 10 Oct

Results

Draft 22 Oct

Revised 24 Oct

Discussion

Draft 5 Nov

Revised 7 Nov

Introduction

Draft 12 Nov

Revised 14 Nov

Abstract

Draft 19 Nov

Revised 21 Nov

27 Aug

29 Aug

3 Sep

5 Sep

10 Sep

12 Sep

17 Sep

19 Sep

24 Sep

26 Sep

1 Oct

3 Oct

8 Oct

10 Oct

15 Oct

17 Oct

22 Oct

24 Oct

29 Oct

31 Oct

5 Nov

7 Nov

12 Nov

14 Nov

19 Nov

21 Nov

26 Nov

28 Nov

3 Dec

5 Dec

Writing in science

Intro to SLE disease and diagnosis; Reading scientific articles

Labor Day - no class

Recording in lab notebooks

Assessing your lab notebook

Professional style; Common errors

Summarizing a process

Writers Workshop - Materials and Methods

Focusing your hypothesis

Choosing how to display data: Tables

Choosing how to display data: Graphs

Using Excel

Writers Workshop - Graphs and Tables

Other visual evidence

Fall break - no class

Presenting results

Writers Workshop - Results

Outlining for cohesion

Outlining for cohesion

Interpreting results

Writers Workshop - Discussion

Introducing a study

Writers Workshop - Introduction

Preparing a concise summary and title

Writers Workshop - Abstract and Title

Communicating your scientific skills

Introduction to posters

Evaluation of poster examples

Introduction to presentations

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LECTURE TOPICS

ASSIGNMENTS

Read SLE Handout

Article Homework Questions

Complete virtual lab online

reading - TBA

reading - TBA

Write Materials and Methods

Revise Materials and Methods

reading - TBA

Create Figures and Tables

Revise Figures and Tables

reading - TBA

Write Results

Revise Results

reading - TBA

Write Discussion

Revise Discussion; reading - TBA

Write Introduction

Revise Introduction; reading - TBA

Write Abstract

Revise Abstract

reading - TBA

reading - TBA