Sylabus przedmiotu

• dyskusja dydaktyczna
• klasyczna metoda problemowa
• konsultacje
• korekta prac
• metoda projektów
• objaśnienie lub wyjaśnienie
• prelekcja
• seminarium
• wykład informacyjny
• z użyciem komputera

1. przedmiot seminarium - kultura i społeczeństwo amerykańskie w XX wieku

2. co to jest praca magisterska

2. przykłady prac magisterskich - indywidualne prezentacje przeczytanych prac

3. zasady i sposoby "efektywnego" przygotowywania pracy magisterskiej

• dokumentacja realizacji projektu
• obecność na zajęciach
• ocena ciągła (bieżące przygotowanie do zajęć i aktywność)
• referat

obecność na zajęciach, aktywność - przygotowanie prezentacji, udział w dyskusjach

- materiały poglądowe - przykładowe prace magisterskie z wcześniejszych lat poswięcone ogólnej tematyce seminarium

- zestaw materiałów do bloku "effective writing"

- blok "effective writing" przygotowany i prowadzony we współpracy z dr Tiffany Dębicką z Loyola University, Baltimore, USA

7 stycznia– Doing Research; Accurate, well-researched information (field research); Formulating the Research Question; Freewriting (2 hours)

1. Formulating the Research Question

1. Doing Research

1. Scholarly Research
2. Types of Scholarly Sources (pdf)

1. Accurate, well-researched information

1. Is Field Research Necessary?
2. Types of Field Research

1. Freewrite to explore a topic (in-class exercise)

1. Brainstorming
2. Clustering

8 stycznia – Reporting Information vs. Arguing a Position; Simplicity vs. Clutter; Chicago Manual of Style overall format of paper (3 hours)

1. Reporting Information vs. Arguing a Position (pdf that illustrates the difference between these 2 types of writing)

1. Aspects of an informative paper
2. Aspects of an argument paper

1. Writing Style

1. How to Avoid Clutter/Repetition in Your Writing (pdf of an informational sheet that students can have and bring to class)
2. Economy of Words

1. Chicago Manual Style overall format of paper

1. Discussion of How to Design Table of Contents

1. Sample of Research Essay (pdf of a sample essay)
2. Sample of Table of Contents

1. Overview of In-Text Citations and Bibliography

1. Discussion of How to Prepare for In-Text Citations (pdf of a sample essay that illustrates formatting for Chicago Manual of Style in-text citations)
2. Discussion of How to Prepare for Citing Sources in the Bibliography

9 stycznia – Exploring a Topic; Narrowing a Topic; Chicago Manual of Style format of paper (all sections of the m.a. paper); Evaluating sources and taking notes; sample 3 short essays (2-3 hours)

1. Exploring a Topic

1. Find your focus
2. Narrow a topic (pdf of 3 short sample essays that help to illustrate how to take a broad topic and narrow it)

1. Discussion of Chicago Manual of Style

1. Evaluating sources
2. Signal Phrases for in-text citations (a sample essay that illustrates effective use of signal phrases)

13 stycznia – Convincing Evidence; Conducting Research; Integrating sources; Chicago Manual of Style format for Bibliography pages; sample essay (3 hours)

1. Convincing Evidence

1. Discussion of content
2. Integrating sources into the narrative of an essay (pdf)

1. Discussion of Bibliography

1. Discussion of common sources (pdf –that I will send to you—that illustrates examples of how to cite common sources)
2. Discussion of other sources such as interviews, film, television, CDs (pdf that illustrates examples of how to cite these sources)

14 stycznia – Integrating Resources Continued; Counter-argument; Chicago Manual of Style format Continued; sample essay (2 hours)

1. Arguing a Position

1. Integrating resources (continued) (pdf of a sample essay that illustrates the use of various sources)
2. Placement of argument points

1. Discussion of Counter-argument

1. When is a Counter-argument necessary?
2. Value of the Counter-argument

15 stycznia – Unity; Writing Well and Having Confidence: A Writer’s Decisions (3 hours)

1. Unity of m.a. paper: The Final Product

1. Editing for unity
2. Editing – ease of transition between topics

1. Writing Well and Having Confidence

1. Wording and titles – in-class exercise (pdf that will help to facilitate this in-class exercise)
2. Final Revision – in class exercise (pdf that will help to facilitate this in-class exercise)