Intro to the Course & Oral Communication (delivery rubric)

Sr’s present ‘why you should join my research team’ (5min, no slides) (record self with phone)
Attend – take note (will later team with Sr’s based on interest)

Library Visit: Resources Compiled by our Sci/Math Librarian; your assignment

Upload ranking of Sr Research Projects in order of your interest
Before class: Make appointment with your research advisor
Before class: read Citations handout and watch/read “How do I Distinguish…”and  “Read and Understand…” at “Types of Scientific…” tab here
Before next class: List of resources from library visit (in proper format)

Where do you go from here? Career Center Visit & What do Physicists do?
Sr’s ‘data dump’ (bring computer / your work so far)

Before next class: take Focus II Survey, and Explore APS Undergrad Programs, APS Careers, and Physics Today Career Resources
read Ch 17 through "Writing First Drafts" & sample drafts:  Early Draft vs. Published
Before next time:  email me 1-2pg “Status Report” – what you have, what you’ve done / what you need, what you need to do, and what’s your next step?

Jr’s present ‘Where Physics Fits’ (3min, explicitly drawing on Focus II)
attend & critique

Before Class:  Complete the Work Values Inventory
Go over the Important Skills slide (2nd to last) of Physics Careers presentation - what are your strengths & weaknesses?
Before end of day: Upload 1pg reflection on findings from the Focus II Survey, Work Value Inventory, and "Important Skills" slide - what are your goals, strengths, and weaknesses? 

Before class: upload me outline of your talk
At end of class: Critique talk using delivery rubric
Before next class: view self-recording and critique

Before class: Read Ch 1, "Moves in Scientific Writing", Writing Craft Example, and sample drafts: Early Draft vs. Published
At end of class: turn in article critique

Discuss Programs Jr’s apply – good selection, others?
Discuss Sr’s Bibliography – what’s missing?

Before class:  Send to teammates list of at least 4 summer programs you're considering
Before next class: Schedule follow-up with career center
have acquired all resources identified in library visit.
Before class: Send Annotated bibliography to teammates
Before next class: Schedule follow-up with librarian

Making Mistakes working with people - isms in the Physics Community

Before previous evening: provide teammates with another article
Before class: read Ch’s 2 & 3 and article proved by Sr’s
At end of class: turn in exercises and critiques

Scientific Presentations:  sample research presentations – rubric practice
Outlines:  teams review Sr’s Thesis outlines

Before previous evening: provide teammates with Thesis Outline
Before class: read Ch 15 and Department Rubric
After class: email updated outline to me and research advisor

Summer Research Apps:  review Jr’s application materials

Before previous evening: provide teammates with Application materials
Before next Monday: email me your Application packet

Presentations: 5min segment of your Thesis presentation (with slides; record self with phone)
Critique and Feedback

Before class: email me outline of your presentation
After class: critique
Before next class: self-critique

Before previous evening: provide 1^st draft of Introduction to team
Before Class: Familiarize yourself with Department Rubric
Bring to class: marked-up Intro 1^st draft and filled out (applicable parts of) rubric
Before next class: email revised Intro to me and cc research advisor

Library Visit: Resources Compiled by our Sci/Math Librarian; your assignment
Ambiguity & Usage: do Usage exercise in Sr groups

Before class: read Citations handout and watch/read “How do I Distinguish…”and  “Read and Understand…” at “Types of Scientific…” tab here
Before next class: List of resources from library visit (in proper format)
Before class: read Appendix A & B
End of class:  hand in Usage exercises

Language – Clear & Precise:  in teams, work Ambiguity exercises and apply Ch 4&5 critiques to and summarize articles

Before previous evening: provide teammates with an article
Before Class: read Ch 4 & 5 and article proved by Sr’s
At end of class: turn in exercises, critiques, and summaries

Language – Forthright & Familiar:  in teams apply Ch 6 & 7 critique to articles

Before previous evening: provide teammates with a searchable article
Before Class: read Ch 6 & 7 and article proved by Sr’s
At end of class: turn in critiques and summaries

Project Description:  3min (with slides) describe a (non-Redlands) research project you’ve applied for / you’re interested in (record self with phone)
Critique and Feedback

Before class: email me outline of your presentation
After class: critique
Before next class: self-critique

Before previous evening: provide teammates with 1^st Draft of another (not conclusion) section of thesis
Bring to class: marked-up 1^st Draft and filled out (applicable parts of) rubric
Before next class: email revised thesis section to me and cc research advisor

Language – Concise & Fluid: in teams apply Ch 8 & 9 critique to articles, work Numbers exercise

Before previous evening: provide teammates with an article
Before Class: read Ch 8 & 9 and article proved by Sr’s
At end of class: turn in critiques, summaries, and Numbers exercise

Format & Sitting Down to Write – work Craft exercise

Before Class: read Ch 16 & 17 and Faraday paper: early, submitted, reviewer notes, response, published, and published with mark up  (writing improvements I wish I'd made)

Before previous evening: provide teammates with 1^st Draft of another (not conclusion) section of thesis
Bring to class: marked-up 1^st Draft and filled out (applicable parts of) rubric
Before next class: email revised thesis section to me and cc research advisor

Before previous evening: provide teammates with Complete Thesis Draft
Before Class: read Ch 10 & 11
Before class: look over thesis draft paying attention to illustrations. 

Before Class:  Have read Ch 13, Proposal Handout, and looked at sample proposals 1, 2, and 3.
Bring to Class:  Notes on Research options

Before class: Read Equations Handout
Before class: look over thesis draft paying attention to equations.
Bring to class: marked-up Draft and filled out grading rubric

Before previous evening: provide Jr teammates with proposal’s abstract & outline;
Before Class:  have read each other’s’ abstracts & outlines
Before next class:  have emailed me your abstract & outline
Complete Thesis draft to research advisor; make apt to discuss with research advisor

Before Class: visit Ohio’s and Stanford’s Phys GRE Prep pages
Due beginning of class: solutions to 24 questions of your choosing in sample test

Sr. Presentation Abstract & Poster – Sr’s draft poster together
Proposal – Introduction:  Discuss in Jr teams

Before class:  write your Presentation Abstract
By end of class: 1^st draft of poster
Before previous evening: provide Jr teammates with proposal’s introduction;
Bring to class: marked-up drafts of each other’s introductions and (applicable parts of) grading rubric
Before next class: have emailed me your introduction

½ Sr. Presentation Dress Rehearsal – Sr’s give presentations
Jr’s attend in teams and provide feedback using dept rubric

½ Sr. Presentation Dress Rehearsal – Sr’s give presentations
Jr’s attend in teams and provide feedback using dept rubric

Before previous evening: provide Jr teammates full 2^nd draft of proposal
Bring to class: marked-up drafts of each other’s proposals and (applicable parts of) rubric
Before next class:  email me your markups and critiques using Dept rubric

Sr. Presentations 4:15pm
Jr’s evaluate with dept rubric

Before class: mark-up your team sr’s thesis draft
By end of day:  provide penultimate draft of proposal to team members

Final Draft of Thesis / Project Proposal