| CIS 5935 Course Calendar |
| Week |
Dates |
Notes |
Assignment |
| 1
|
8/25 - 8/31 |
Class Overview
Information Literacy
Kinds of Research
Subject Areas for Topics
|
Discussion 1: First Day attendance
|
| 2 |
9/1 - 9/7 |
Refining Topics
Internet & Online Library Research
Using Reference Resources
Finding Books
|
Assignment 1: Assessment
Discussion 2: Introduction
Discussion 3: Two (2) topics of interest
|
| 3 |
9/8 - 9/14 |
Refining Research Questions
Research Strategy
Research Logs
Finding Articles 1
|
Activity: Definitions/descriptions
Activity: Books
Activity: Topic
Discussion 4: Activity Results
|
| 4 |
9/15 - 9/21 |
Finding Articles 2
APA
|
Activity: Two (2) journal articles
Assignment 2: One (1) Research log
Discussion 5: Activity Results & Research Question
|
| 5 |
9/22 - 9/28 |
Finding Articles 3
|
Activity: Two (2) journal articles
Assignment 3: One (1) Research log
Assignment 4: One (1) Evaluation report
Discussion 6: Activity citations in APA format
|
| 6 |
9/29 - 10/5 |
Finding Articles 4
|
Activity: Two (2) journal articles
Discussion 7: Activity citations in APA format
|
| 7 |
10/6 - 10/12 |
Internet Searching
Evaluation of Internet Resources
|
Activity: Two (2) journal article citations in APA format
Presentation 1: Research findings
|
| 8 |
10/13 - 10/19 |
Publishing
|
Activity: One (1) Web page
Discussion 8: Web page evaluation and citation in APA format
|
| 9 |
10/20 - 10/26 |
Abstracts & Annotations
|
Assignment 5: One (1) review of Journal publishing requirements
Discussion 9: Publishing
|
| 10 |
10/27 - 11/2 |
Plagiarism
|
Assignment 6: Two (2) annotations
Assignment 7: Complete list of references
|
| 11 |
11/3 - 11/9 |
Ethics
Literature Reviews
|
Activity: Plagiarism exercise
Assignment 8: Assessment
Discussion 10: Plagiarism and Ethics
|
| 12 |
11/10 - 11/16 |
(no class)
|
|
| 13 |
11/17 - 11/23 |
Research Proposals
|
Assignment 9: Literature review rough draft
|
| 14 |
11/24 - 11/30 |
(no class)
|
Assignment 10: Research Proposal rough draft
|
| 15 |
12/1 - 12/7 |
Student Presentations
|
Presentation 2: Research Proposal
|
| 16 |
12/8 - 12/14 | (no class)
|
Final Paper
|
| Ω |
12/15 - 1/1 |
Semester Break |
