21G.226
Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering (ELS)
Spring 2016
Topics
- Intro to 21G.225 / 6
- Introduction to professional writing
- Strategy, process & style (1)
- E-mail, memos & letters
- Verb form review (1)
- Verb form review (2)
- Job letters
- Writing up research (1): Composition of documents
- Writing up research (2): Source use of sources
- Indefinite / definite article review
- Writing up research (3): Introductory sections
- Writing up research (4): Proposals, part I
- Peer workshop (3)
- Writing up research (5): Results, discussions, & conclusions
- Relative clause review
- Conference papers & poster sessions
- Individual consultations
- Two-minute research presentations
- Course overview
Readings
- Caplan, Nigel A. Grammar Choices for Graduate and Professional Writers (Michigan Series in English for Academic & Professional Purposes) . University of Michigan Press ELT, 2012. ISBN: 9780472035014.
- Day, Robert A., and Barbara Gastel. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper . 7th ed. Greenwood, 2011. ISBN: 9780313391972.
- Hacker, Diana, and Barbara Fister. Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age . 5th ed. Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2010. ISBN: 9780312566722.
- Houghton Mifflin Company. The American Heritage Dictionary . 5th ed. Dell, 2012. ISBN: 9780553583229.
- Oxford University Press. New Oxford American Dictionary . 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780195392883.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.