UWP 298 Schedule--(Hum / Soc Cohort)
Winter-Spring 2010

Please note that this is only the base outline for the seminar, and that other reading and writing activities will be suggested. Expect some in-class writing exercise every meeting, and do take advantage of the Graduate Writing Consulting sessions with UWP lecturers, and the Writing Fellows consultations with trained peers.

1. Thursday, 28 Jan:

Introductions, writing process, psychology of procrastination
Writing: Introduction / check-in on topic / stage
2. Thursday, 11 Feb:

Reading: Sample dissertations in your field
Writing: Check-in, "Common Moves" in abstracts
3. Thursday, 25 Feb:

Reading: Other abstracts, Van Wagenen's "Writing with Style"
Writing: Check-in, reflection on style, sentence workshopping
4. Thursday, 11 Mar:

Reading: Sternberg, "Dissertation File," Good, "Nouniness"
Writing: Update on section contents and modes, special-purpose sentences
5. Thursday, 1 Apr:

Reading: Rudestam and Newton, "Review of the Literature"
Writing: Check-in, more on precision and unpacking constructions
6. Thursday, 15 Apr:

Reading: TBD
Writing: TBD
7. Thursday, 29 Apr:

Reading: TBD
Writing: TBD
8. Thursday, 13 May:

Reading: TBD
Writing: TBD
9. Thursday, 27 May:

Reading: TBD
Writing: TBD
10. Thursday, 10 Jun:

Reading: TBD
Writing: TBD