WEEKEND FORMAT, TOPPENISH (click HERE)
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Weekend 1:
Sept. 7:
Elluminate/In-Person Session with Dr. Schmidt. Introduction to Course. Types of Research.
Read MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (MLA) Chap. 5, "Preparation of Theses and Dissertations."
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Post in Forum on Types of Research
Sept. 8:
In-Person/Elluminate Session with Research Librarian.
Arrange Individual Conferences with Dr. Schmidt and Research Librarian.
Workshop or Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Run searches in the Electronic Catalog, JSTOR, and Academic Search Premiere.
Find ONE (1) book related to your topic (or possible topic) through the Electronic Catalog. Post on MyHeritage.
Find ONE (1) article related to your topic (or possible topic) through JSTOR. Post on MyHeritage.
Find ONE (1) book or article related to your topic (or possible topic) through a third search tool. Post on MyHeritage.
Sept. 9:
MLA Documentation. SKIM MLA Chap. 6 ("Documentation: Preparing the List of Works Cited"), Chap. 7 ("Documentation: Citing Sources in the Text"), and Chap. 8 ("Abbreviation").
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Complete Documentation Exercise. Post on MyHeritage.
BEFORE Weekend 2:
ASAP:
Get Approval of Topic/Research Approach/Research Question for Field Research Project. Post on MyHeritage.
Begin Preliminary Research for Review of Literature.
Oct. 1: Post Working Bib of Your Sources.
Weekend 2:
Oct. 12:
Ethics and Scholarship. Read MLA Chap. 2 ("Legal Issues in Scholarly Publishing"). We will briefly cover Ethical Issues in Empirically-Based Research on Friday and other issues such as copyright and plagiarism on Sunday.
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Post Response to Ethics Forum on MyHeritage.
Methodology for Primary Research vs. Methodology for Secondary Research. Pursuing Empirical Research: How to Prepare and Organize an Empirically-Based Research Project or Thesis.
Oct. 13:
Individual Conferences with Prof. Stephens on Field Research Methodology.
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Oct. 22: Post in Methodology and Prospectus for Field Research Forums on MyHeritage.
Workshop on Bibliography for Review of Literature
Scholarly Writing. Read MLA Chap. 3 ("Basics of Scholarly Writing"). Looking for Patterns in the Literature and Organizing a Literature Review.
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Post in the Patterns in the Literature Forum on MyHeritage.
Oct. 14:
Ethics and Scholarship. Read MLA Chap. 2 ("Legal Issues in Scholarly Publishing"). We will cover Ethical Issues in Empirically-Based Research on Friday and other issues such as copyright and plagiarism on Sunday.
Interviewing. Planning Questions and Followups. Organizing Qualitative Data (such as Interviews and Observations).
Weekend 3:
Nov. 2:
Presentations of Field Research Projects. Workshop: Practice in Avoiding Plagiarism in In-Text Quotation, Paraphrase, and Summary. (Review of Literature Draft and Interview/Personal Communication Draft for Peer Review or Individual Conferences--Schedule Friday only if you cannnot attend on other days.)
Nov. 3:
Workshop: Practice in Avoiding Plagiarism in In-Text Quotation, Paraphrase, and Summary.
Review of Literature Draft and Qualitative Analysis of Interview/Personal Communication Draft for Peer Review or Individual Conferences.
Nov. 4:
Presentations of Field Research Projects. Review of Literature Draft and Interview/Personal Communication Draft for Peer Review or Individual Conferences, continued as needed.
AFTER Class Concludes:
Nov. 16: Interview/Personal Communication Due.
Nov. 23: Review of Literature Due.
Dec. 1: Written Field Research Project Due.
The course sessions are held in person but simulcast online, so you may attend "live" online. They will also be recorded. If you cannot attend, you should view the recorded sessions and complete all in-class and out-of-class assignments (such as arranging conferences with Dr. Schmidt and the Research Librarian as needed). Follow the same deadlines as above.