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CS 7010 -- Writing Research Proposals

Syllabus -- spring 2012

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Main class web page.

Schedule is subject to change!
Links to lecture notes, which are only available to registered students, will be provided on or about the date of the lecture.

week	date	lecture	discussion/presentation	writing assignment
1	1/10	Introduction
	1/12		individual meetings about focus statements
2	1/17		individual meetings about focus statements
	1/19		draft focus statement	draft focus statement
3	1/24		revised focus statement	revised focus statement
	1/26	Pre-proposals, Structure and narrative in writing
4	1/31	class canceled due to building fire!
	2/2	How (and how not) to give a presentation. (For the near complete PowerPoint effect, see the color slides!)
5	2/7		pre-proposal
	2/9		pre-proposal	pre-proposal
6	2/14	Content and structure of full proposals
	2/16	Marketing to your advisor, you committee, and the Feds		revised pre-proposal
7	2/21		pre-proposal exchange
	2/23		outline	outline
8	2/28	No class meeting
	3/1	Interim discussion of progress on full proposal draft, general writing guidelines
9	3/6		draft full proposal
	3/8		draft full proposal	draft full proposal
	3/13	Spring Break!
	3/15	Spring Break!
10	3/20	No class meeting
	3/22	Reverse outline, reviewing proposals
11	3/27		reverse outline	reverse outline
	3/29	No class meeting
12	4/3		review panel	written reviews
	4/5		review panel
13	4/10	No class meeting
	4/12		revised full proposals	revised full proposal
14	4/17		revised full proposals
	4/19	No class meeting
15	4/24	No class meeting

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