| Page Title | Pages | Week |
|---|
Introduction: Setting Out Expectations |
| Syllabus / Schedule | 4 | 1 |
| Teaching Schedule / Office Hours | 1 |
| Assignments and Grades | 1 |
| A Writer's Bookshelf | 1 |
| Assignment: Journals, Domains, Guides to Authors | 1 |
Scientific Communication 1: Structure in Journal Articles |
| What do we Mean by Science? | 3 | 2 |
| Journal Guides to Author | 1 |
| Introduction | 2 |
| Paring Down an Introduction (Exercise) | 6 |
| Methods and Results | 2 |
| Verb Tenses in Scientific Writing | 3 |
| Assignment: Structure and Content of Scientific Journal Articles (2 parts) | Sample Articles |
1 | 1 |
Scientific Communication 2: Style, Presentation, Argument, and Scientific English |
| Graphs and Tables | 1 | 3 |
| Discussion | 1 |
| Abstract | Authorship | 1 | 1 |
| Review Articles | 2 |
| Thesis and Dissertation | 1 |
| Evolution of the Journal Article | 3 |
Style and Readability |
| Style in Scientific Journal Articles | 2 | 4-5 |
| Agent and Action | Exercises | 3 | 1 |
| Readability Indices | 1 |
| Latinizations, redundancy, noun clusters, negatives | Exercises | 2 | 1 |
| Nominalizations, Long Left Branches, Missing Wh-connectors | Exercises | 3 | 1 |
| Jargon | 2 |
| Miscellaneous Errors | 2 |
| Assignment: Style of Scientific Journal Articles | 1 |
Punctuation |
| End Punctuation; The Comma | 2 | 6 |
| Semi-colon and Colon | 2 |
| Apostrophe, quotation marks, brackets, ellipsis | 2 |
| Assignment: Punctuation | 1 |
Defining Words, Plans, Alternatives |
| Definitions and Descriptions | 3 | 7 |
| Strategic Plans | ODLGP example (MSWord) | University example (under development) |
2 | 25 | — |
| Feasibility Studies |
5 |
| Assignment: Strategic Plan, Feasibility Study, IMRAD Article (3 options) | 1 |