Weekly Schedule
August 20, 2009 — L. M. FreerYearlong Honors Thesis Colloquium
Professor Lee Quinby
Macaulay Honors College at CUNY
Spring 2010
Weekly Schedule
| Feb. 3 | Hello Again! Review of Winter Recess Research and Writing |
| Feb. 10 | Reading from The Craft of Research, Chapter 14
Bring in 5 pages from current draft for peer evaluationSnow Day |
| Feb. 17 | Reading from The Craft of Research, Chapter 15
Bring in samples of visual evidence, if applicable, including Power Point images as well as charts, graphs, etc. Workshop: Lili, Larry, Patrick |
| Feb. 24 | Reading from The Craft of Research, Chapter 16
Bring in your Working Introduction for peer evaluation Workshop: Talia, Stan, Janet |
| Mar. 3 | Reading from The Craft of Research, Chapter 17
Bring in 5 (yet unseen) pages for stylistic revision Workshop: Noia, Nor, Connie |
| Mar. 10 | sign up to meet with Lindsey about your visual evidence (or your eportfolio)
Bring in your Working Conclusion for peer evaluation |
| Mar.17 | Oral Reports and Peer Evaluation
Larry |
| Mar. 24 | Oral Reports and Peer Evaluation
Nor |
| Mar. 31 | Spring Break |
| April 7 | Oral Reports and Peer Evaluation
Connie Stan Talia |
| April 14 | Full Draft due for me and your advisor |
| April 21 | Advisor and I return Rough Draft with comments for final revision |
| April 28 | Revise and Polish |
| May 5 | Revise and Polish |
| May 12 | Final Class: Completed Thesis and 2 page Self-Evaluation Due |
| May | Conference Presentations |
Fall 2009
Weekly Schedule
| Sept. 2 | Introductions and expectations. Discussion of research interests and how you will work with your advisor.Discussion of the course website. |
| Sept. 9 | Reading from The Craft of Research, Prologue, chapters 1, 2, and 3, and pages 273-76.Autobiographical Statement due: 2-3pages. Your statement should focus on how your personal background and interests have led to your research area. Also speculate on ways to connect with your readers (chapter 2) andindicate what your key questions are at this point (chapter 3).Please provide me with a hard copy and place it on the course website. |
| Sept. 16 | Signed Advisor Sheet due.Reading from The Craft of Research, chapters 4, 5, and 6, and Appendix, pp. 283-311 (for your areas).Research bibliographies and background sources.Position Paper due: 2-3 pages. Indicate your research question and then choose 2-3 relevant sources, provide bibliographical data for each, and engage with the sources as shown in Chapter 6 in light of your research question.Be prepared to present these findings to the class. |
| Sept. 23 | Individual Conferences by request. |
| Sept. 30 | Reading from The Craft of Research, chapters 7 and 8Draft of Proposal of Focused Topic due: 2 pages. Indicate your working claim and outline the main reasons that support it. State the relevance of those reasons and the kind of evidence you will use to support them. Specify the methods of research and analysis employed in your field. Peer evaluation in-class. Bring 3 hard copies to class. |
| Oct. 7 | Individual Conferences by request. Work on annotations.Revised Proposal of Focused Topic due: 2 pages.Please place on the course website and give a hard copy to your advisor. |
| Oct. 14 | NO CLASS, Conversion Day. Work on annotations. |
| Oct. 21 | Reading from The Craft of Research, chapters 9 and 10.Annotated Bibliography due: 15 sources. Hard copy for me and one for your advisor. In addition to designating the source’s thesis, annotations should respond to the source’s key arguments in relation to your topic. Using chapters 9 and 10 as a guide, evaluate the source’s evidence and whether it responds sufficiently to other claims regarding the topic. |
| Oct. 28 | Reading from The Craft of Research, chapter 11.Position Paper due: 5-7 pages. Warrant three of your major claims; be ready to present and defend in class. Hard copy and email copy for me. |
| Nov. 4 | Reading from The Craft of Research, chapters 12 and 13. Bring in 2 copies of your 4-part working introduction for peer review (see chapter 12). |
| Nov. 11 | Position Paper due: 10 (new) pages from working Draft. Hard copy and email for me. Provide copy for your advisor and ask for comments to be given by your next session. |
| Nov. 18 | Drafting. Individual Conferences. |
| Nov. 25 | Drafting. Individual Conferences. |
| Dec. 2 | Drafting. Individual Conferences. |
| Dec. 9 | Last regular class meeting.First Semester Draft due: 25 pages plus bibliography. Hard copy and email copy for me. Provide a copy for your advisor and be sure your advisor has the form to be sent to me (see below). |
| Dec. 16 | Your advisor’s comments on First Semester Draft due to me by email and signed form sent to me by regular mail. |
Winter Recess: Continue to research and develop your thesis.
