Chemistry Research Proposal, Chemistry 460, Spring 2016, Dr. Nalli
Class Schedule
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Date |
Lecture Topics/Due Dates | Language tips | Word usage | Chapter |
| 1/13 |
Short meeting to go over course,
requirements, schedule, grading, etc. Guest Seminar - Reid Hein, University of Iowa (12:15 PM PA 229) |
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| 1/20 | Chemistry Genres |
-concise writing | affect/effect | 1 |
| 1/27 | Overview of the Research Proposal. |
-fluid writing |
between/among | 6, 11 |
| 2/3 |
Writing the "Goals and
Importance" Section. Short Presentations of Research Ideas |
-hedging |
comprise/compose | 6, 12 |
| 2/10 |
Writing the "Experimental Approach" Section. Draft of opening paragraph due. |
-respectively - unambiguous writing |
farther/further | 13 |
| 2/17 | Figures, tables, and schemes. Use of structure drawing software. | -abbreviations, acronyms, and compound labels |
fewer/less
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16 |
| 2/24 | SNOW DAY |
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| 3/3 |
References style. Draft 1.0 of proposal due. |
-active and passive voice -numbers and units |
its/it's precede/proceed |
17 |
| 3/10 | No Class - Spring Break |
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| 3/17 | Writing the "Outcomes and Impacts" and "Project Summary" sections | -grammar and punctuation | principle/principal | 15 |
| 3/24 |
Using PowerPoint for a Poster Presentation. |
since/because while/although which/that |
9 and 10 | |
| 3/31 |
Quiz on Word Usage Tips Draft 2.0 of proposal due |
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| 4/7 |
Finalizing your Written Work. |
18 |
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| 4/12 (wed) | Ramaley Research Celebration | |||
| 4/14 | No Class - Draft 3.0 of proposal due | |||
| 4/21 |
Chem 460 Poster Presentations | |||
| 4/22 (sat) |
Chem 475 Student Research Presentations |
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| 4/28 |
No Class - Final proposal due Thursday
5/4. |