Thesis and Research Presentation

Michael Gorman, Chair of TCC, Instructor
924-3439 (Office)
Note:I am teaching this course as an overload, so please provide each other with really good, constructive critiques.

Class time: 2:30-4:30 W, except as noted below
Class office hours: 2-2:30, 4:30-5 W

Spring 2003

This two-semester-hour coures in technical and scientific communication is directed toward thesis writing, defense and publication.  Enrollment is limited to students in the tenth and final semester of the Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degree Program.
 

Major Assignments	Percentage of Grade	Due Date
Progress Report and Outline	10%	1/22
Draft- Introduction	10%	1/29
Presentation of Introduction	10%	1/29, 2/12
Draft Method	10%	2/19
Presentation of Methods	10%	2/19-26
Draft Results	10%	3/19
Presentation of Results	10%	3/19-26
Discussion	10%	4/2
Presentation of discussion	10%	4/2-9
Class Participation	10%	Show up and  look sharp!

Tentative Schedule (will evolve as the course progresses):

1/15--Introductory class

Write a two-page memo reporting on progressand problems (due 1/22).  Be sure to state your topic in a way that a general reader can understand, and report on what objectives have been achieved and what circumstances might hinder you from completing your additional objectives. Please also discuss how and by whom your project is funded, and how it might prove beneficial to some segment of society.

Check in the library and find at least one thesis from a student previously enrolled in this program. Use this thesis to help you outlinewhat your final document will look like. See if you can identify chapters that correspond to introduction, methods, results and discussion .

1/22--Present progress reports. Go over introductions.

1/29--Due:  Introduction.  Present in class (not more than 10 minutes per student).  Remember to establish significance, problem, link to literature and provide objectives or predictions. Be prepared for discussion of impacts of your thesis--who will benefit from your work?  who might be harmed or disadvantaged? How is the work funded?

2/5--No class--I will be out of town on University business.

2/12--Due: Revisions of Introduction--follow the format! Discussion of Methods .

2/19--Due: Methods section.  Present in class, the usual 10 minutes per student, will probably take more than one class

2/26--Continue presentations of methods.

3/12--Due: Revisions of Methods.. How to handle results.

3/19--Due: Results section.  Begin presentations.

3/26--Results revisions, in-class conference on discussion sections.

4/2--Due: Discussion section.  Begin presentations.

4/9-Continue presentations of discussion.

4/16--Revisions of discussion

5/12--Thesis Deadline:
 Theses, with completed corrections and all appropriate signatures, must be submitted to the copy center (Floor 1--the basement) in Alderman.  After
 receiving a receipt from the copy center, this must be turned in to Tammy Ramsey in the graduate office in Thornton by the 12th.  (You will have to TAKE full hard copies and pay bindery fees for ALL of them, including those that the school keeps.  You are required to have at least 3 copies bound.  This does not include one for yourself or any other individual such as your advisor.)