ATMS 473

ATMS Seminar - Scientific Writing

    Meeting Times: WF 2:45 - 4:00 pm

    Meeting Place: 238 RBH

    Syllabus

    Textbook: The Craft of Scientific Writing by Michael Alley (available from UNCA Bookstore)

    Course Schedule:   

Week

Dates Lectures Reading Exercises Links
1 Aug. 22,24 Writing Process, Research Sources, AMS Journals 1-15    
2 Aug. 29, 31 L. Tate (Ramsey), Handouts Handouts Ex. 1 - Conduct a Lit Review AMS Author's Guide
How to conduct a lit review
Wikipedia (Lit Review)
3 Sep. 5, 7 Plagiarism Handouts   Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue)
Wikipedia (Plagiarism)
4 Sep. 12, 14 Project Background / M. Alm (Writing Center) 16-27 Ex. 2 - Lit Review and Title for Project  
5 Sep. 19, 21 Writing Introductions, Structuring Your Paper / Peer Review 27-51 Ex. 3 - Writing Intro and Organizing Paper Structure Peer review topics (CSU)
6 Sep. 26, 28 Peer Review on Ex. 3 (Wednesday) / Work on Projects (Friday) None   Peer review form (Introduction)
7 Oct. 3, 5 Middles of Documents / Grammar Gotchas 257-266 Ex. 4 - Writing about your data and methodology  
8 Oct. 10, 12 Writing: Being precise / Gray lecture (UNCC) 73-82   Peer review form
(Data and Methodology)
9 Oct. 17, 19 Writing: Being clear, forthright, and fluid 83-109    
10 Oct. 24, 26 Using figures and tables 146-167 Ex. 5 - Writing about your results  
11 Oct. 31, Nov. 2 Critiquing professional articles   Ex. 6 - Critique an article
(article for Ex. 6)
Critical Reading (Toronto)
Kurland's Critical Reading
12 Nov. 7, 9 Writing conclusions and an abstract 40-45; 20-27 Ex. 7 - Writing your summary and conclusions Peer review form
(Results)
13 Nov. 14, 16 Project work / Peer review     Peer review form
(Conclusions)
14 Nov. 21, 23 NO CLASS - Thanksgiving      
15 Nov. 28, 30 Presentation tips/Osborne presentation   Ex. 8 - Back Matter Reference formatting (AMS)
Finals          

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