• Assignments
  • Prelim 2
  • Preliminary Assignments
• In Class Notes
  • Academic Integrity
  • Citation
  • Drafting Strategies
  • Email Etiquette
  • Grammar
  • Graphics
  • Logic in Arguments
  • Oral Presentations
  • Orginazation
  • Persuasive Paper Issues
  • Principles of form
  • Principles of informing
  • Principles of Persuasion
  • Study Skills
  • Styles
  • Template
  • The Writing Process
  • Time management
• Papers
  • Informative Research Paper
  • Persuasive Paper

Grading

Persuasive Paper 30%
Informative Research Paper 25%

General

• Attitude

  • it helps to accept the following:

    • not everyone receives As or Bs
    • you may work harder, but receive lower grades
    • you must ask for help if you need it
    • you might not be as good as you think you are
    • but you can adjust to and enjoy the work
    • measure success in terms of learning, not in grades

      • they don’t grade on hard work; they grade on achievement

  • Memorizing facts is not enough; in university, you are expected to

    • Understand and apply principles and concepts
    • Interpret the meaning and significance of ideas
    • think critically and question everything
    • take notes

  • Integrity

    • In university, academic integrity is taken seriously. You can fail courses or be suspended for plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty
    • ignorance is no excuse. you are responsible for the material

• Formality

  • Emails are semi formal

    • logs are formal

• Threshold Concepts

  • based on

What is a professional?

• Masters and applies specialized knowledge
• behaves in honest, fair, and responsible ways
• respects other
• works independently and thinks critically
• Protects the interests of other
• Works to improve the human condition
• Doctors, nurses, lawyers, accountants, teachers pilots, engineers
• Generally certified by a self-regulated, governing body (e.g., engineer’s and geoscientists BC)