HONORS SEMINAR III: RESEARCH WRITING AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
COURSE GOALS:
Students will develop their research and argumentative skills.
Students will refine their writing and editing skills.
Students will passionately pursue a self-selected topic.
Students will think long-term about their goals and outcomes.
COURSE OBJECTIVE:
By the end of Honors Seminar III, 100% of students will have successfully researched and written an argumentative essay in their chosen field of interest.
INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS:
The student will be familiar with appropriate style guide for their research field and employ that methodology in their essays.
Students will practice the writing process of drafting, revising, and citing similar to a college-level thesis essay.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, the student will produce a ten page argumentative research paper that includes a minimum of five secondary sources and one primary source.
Students will peer-edit annotated bibliographies and rough drafts.
Students will understand and avoid plagiarism.
In Honors Seminar III: Research Writing and Project Development, students will be tasked with producing a 10-20 page argumentative research essay very similar to those produced as thesis papers for an honors college. This is a semester-long project that will be scaffolded throughout the course. The topic of the essay will be selected by the student, so differentiation is inherent in the selection. The summative assessment will be the final draft of the paper, but formative assessments will take place throughout the process to ensure students understand the required elements. They will receive peer and instructor feedback on their topic selections, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts. During the process, students will participate in "critical rounds," which are whole class discussions about their progress and challenges in order to get feedback from their peers.