WEEKEND FORMAT, TOPPENISH (click HERE)
ONLINE ONLY FORMAT (click HERE)
Weekend 1:
Sept. 11:
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. 12:
Elluminate Session with Research Librarian.
Arrange Individual Conferences with Dr. Schmidt and Research Librarian.
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. 13:
Elluminate Session with Dr. Schmidt. 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:
Select Committee Chair, Recruit Committee Members.
Get Approval of Topic/Research Approach/Research Question for Field Research Project. Post on MyHeritage.
Begin Preliminary Research for Review of Literature.
Octt. 2: Post Working Bib of Your Sources.
Weekend 2:
Oct. 9:
Elluminate or In-Person Session with Dr. Schmidt. Ethics and Scholarship. Read MLA Chap. 2 ("Legal Issues in Scholarly Publishing").
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Post Response to Ethics Forum on MyHeritage.
Oct. 10:
Elluminate or In-Person Session with Dr. Schmidt. Scholarly Writing. Read MLA Chap. 3 ("Basics of Scholarly Writing"). Looking for Patterns in the Literature and Organizing a Literature Review.
Methodology for Primary Research vs. Methodology for Secondary Research.
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Post in the Patterns in the Literature Forum on MyHeritage.
Oct. 11:
Split Elluminate or In-Person Session with Dr. Schmidt. Attend or view ONE or the OTHER (may attend both if you are not yet certain whether you will write about literature, pedagogy, linguistics, etc.):
1. Students Writing about Literature. How to Prepare and Organize a Literature-Based Thesis.
2. Students Pursuing Empirical Research (Linguistics or Pedagogy). How to Prepare and Organize an Empirically-Based Thesis.
Homework/In-Class Exercises:
Oct. 30: Post in Methodology for Field Research Forum on MyHeritage.
BEFORE Weekend 3:
Nov. 20: Interview/Personal Communication Due.
Nov. 30: Review of Literature Due.
AFTER Class Concludes:
Dec. 4: Field Research Project Due.
The course sessions are held online. They will 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 Prof. Parks). Follow the same deadlines as above.