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== Overview & learning objectives == | == Overview & learning objectives == | ||
The goal for this course is simple: submit a piece of academic research for publication by the end of the quarter. The piece should (obviously) be original. You should be the primary person responsible for the research and should be the lead author of the submission. | |||
The course and assignments are structured to help you cultivate (more of) the skills, wisdom, and experience necessary to publish independent, original, and high-quality scholarship in relevant venues for your work. The seminar will be run as a workshop in which we will provide individual and collective feedback on each other's work. Most weeks, we will also read and discuss materials related to the crafts of designing, conducting, writing, submitting, reviewing, revising, and publishing scholarly research. | |||
== A note about this syllabus == | == A note about this syllabus == | ||
Revision as of 21:00, 3 April 2016
The Practice of Scholarship
Media, Technology, and Society 503
Northwestern University
Tuesdays 9am-12pm, Frances Searle Building Room 2-378
Instructor:Aaron Shaw (aaronshaw@northwestern.edu)
- Frances Searle 2-142
- Office Hours: M 1-3pm; T 3-5pm and by appointment.
Course resources:
- We will use Canvas for announcements, submitting assignments, and maybe discussions.
- Everything else will be linked to from this page.
Overview & learning objectives
The goal for this course is simple: submit a piece of academic research for publication by the end of the quarter. The piece should (obviously) be original. You should be the primary person responsible for the research and should be the lead author of the submission.
The course and assignments are structured to help you cultivate (more of) the skills, wisdom, and experience necessary to publish independent, original, and high-quality scholarship in relevant venues for your work. The seminar will be run as a workshop in which we will provide individual and collective feedback on each other's work. Most weeks, we will also read and discuss materials related to the crafts of designing, conducting, writing, submitting, reviewing, revising, and publishing scholarly research.
