Schedule
This will be updated as the semester progresses!
| Week | Date | Reading/ Activity | Writing due | In Class |
| 1 | Thurs.
1/13 |
Welcome; academic blogging | ||
| 2 | Tues.
1/18 |
news article; Mack et al. 2000 | Blog post (SW1) | Workshop SW1; lecture on invasion ecology |
| Thurs.
1/20 |
Strange Days on Planet Earth | |||
| 3 | Tues.
1/25 |
Williams et al. 2007; Wilson et al. 2007 | Paragraph response to SDPE (SW2) due before class to blog | Discuss SDPE; lecture on lit. genres; intro to SW3 |
| Thurs.
1/27 |
Silvertown 2009 | SW3 draft (post on blog as private/ unpublished by ~9am) | Workshop SW3; discuss Silvertown 2009 and citizen science | |
| 4 | Tues.
2/1 |
Delaney et al. 2008; Bossenbroeck et al. 2005 | SW3 final draft due Wed 2/2 before midnight (published) | Discuss Delaney et al. 2008; intro to cit. sci. commentary |
| Thurs.
2/3 |
Research highlight (SW4) | workshop SW4 | ||
| 5 | Tues.
2/8 |
3 lit reviews: Strayer et al. 2009, Cote & Reynolds 2002, Naylor et al. 2001 | lit review discussion; intro to MWP1 | |
| Thurs.
2/10 |
Cit. sci. draft due | Workshop citizen science draft in class | ||
| 6 | Tues.
2/15 |
Independent research | lit review topics due | Library research session Bostock 023 (Cooke out of town) |
| Thurs.
2/17 |
Independent research | Research highlight (SW5) due Fri 2/18 before midnight | Writing Studio seminar (Cooke out of town) | |
| 7 | Tues.
2/22 |
seminar workshop | ||
| Thurs.
2/24 |
Independent research | MWP1 1st draft; Citizen science commentary due Fri. before midnight |
Small group workshops (Th-Fr) | |
| 8 | Tues.
3/1 |
Larson 2005 | Response to Larson (SW6) | Discuss Larson; seminar workshop |
| Thurs.
3/3 |
MWP1 2nd draft & reflection (SW7) due before midnight | Seminar workshop; intro to SW8 | ||
| 9 | Tues.
3/15 |
Fowler et al. 2007 | SW8 due Mon before midnight | Discuss Fowler; seminar workshop |
| Thurs.
3/17 |
MWP1 final draft due Fri 3/18 before midnight | Peer-editing; intro to MWP2 | ||
| 10 | Tues.
3/22 |
Simberloff et al. 2005; independent research | intro to SW9; mock review panel | |
| Thurs.
3/24 |
Subramanian proposal; independent research | Lit review reflection due (SW9) | Discuss SW9, Subramanian; lecture on research approaches | |
| 11 | Tues.
3/29 |
Research highlight due (SW10) | MWP2 brainstorming; intro to SW11 | |
| Thurs.
3/31 |
MWP2 1st draft | Small group workshops | ||
| 12 | Tues.
4/5 |
MWP2 1st draft | Small group workshops | |
| Thurs.
4/7 |
seminar workshop; interview classmate | |||
| 13 | Tues.
4/12 |
Stoeckel et al. 1996 | SW11 due before 11:59 pm | intro to research note; workshop |
| Thurs.
4/14 |
Daphnia lumholtzi literature search | MWP2 2nd draft & reflection (SW12) due before midnight | Group work on research note | |
| 14 | Tues.
4/19 |
Daphnia lumholtzi literature search | Daphnia lumholtzi research highlight due (SW13) | Seminar workshop on research note and proposal |
| Thurs.
4/21 |
classmates’ research highlights | Seminar workshop on research note and proposal | ||
| 15 | Tues.
4/26 |
Proposal reflection due (SW14) | Group work on research report | |
| Fri. 4/29 | MWP2 final draft and research report due before midnight |
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