WRITING ON DOMESTICATION

--The Textuality of Writing in Biology


ENGL 199C--INTERDISCIPLINARY WRITING


Instructor:Jun Xu

Course Calendar

This calendar is subjected to change, yet you should consider it to be accurate unless I inform you otherwise.



Week 1

Mon 1/7 Introduction

                    Reading: Corbett and Connors

Wed 1/9 Rhetoric

                    Reading: Taming the Wild

Fri 1/11 Rhetoric

                    Reading: Early Canid Domestication

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Week 2

Mon 1/14 Logic (Syllogism)

                    Reading: An Experiment on Fox Domestication

Wed 1/16 Logic (Hypothetical Syllogism)

Fri 1/18 The basic structure of scientific publication

                          Paper 1 Assignment

                         MLA Style: A Sample & Citation

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Week 3

Mon 1/21 Holiday

Wed 1/23 Class Cancelled

Fri 1/25 How to do peer review?

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Week 4

Mon 1/28 Paper 1 peer review.

Wed 1/30 Conference

Fri 2/1 Conference

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Week 5

Mon 2/4 Paper 1 Due

                     Rhetorical situation & academic conversation

                        Reading: The Early Evolution of the Domestic Dog

Wed 2/6 Introduction

Fri 2/8 Introduction

                       Reading: Rethinking Dog Domestication

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Week 6

Mon 2/11 Abstract

Wed 2/13 Paper 2 Assginment

Fri 2/15 Abstract

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Week 7

Mon 2/18 Holiday

Tue 2/19 Paper 2 peer review

Thu 2/21 Conference

Fri 2/22 Conference

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Week 8

Mon 2/25 Paper 2 Due

Wed 2/27 Popularization

Fri 3/1 How to appeal to pathos ?

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Week 9

Mon 3/4 Paper 3 Assignment

Wed 3/6 Paper 3 sample analysis

Fri 3/8 Paper 3 outline

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Week 10

Mon 3/11Paper 3 peer review

Wed 3/13 conference

Fri 3/15 conference

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Week 11

Thu 3/21 All papers are due from 10:30am to 12:30pm to me at Padelford A405.

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