| Instructor: | Dr. Joseph Hornak Office: 76-2132 Phone: 475-2904 E-mail: jphsch@rit.edu
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| Web Site: | http://www.cis.rit.edu/class/simg501/
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| The Course: | This course is designed to develop your skills in technical communication and scientific research practices. The technical communication aspect of this course is concerned with sharpening your powers of oral and written persuasion, known to the scientific community as a proposal presentation and writing. The scientific research practices aspect of this course is concerned with teaching you to think like a scientist so you will be able to formulate a hypothesis, design experiments to test the hypothesis, and interpret results. Each student is required to research, write, and present a proposal for an independent research project. The proposed research will be performed later this quarter and in the winter and spring quarters in 1051-502 and 1051-503. (Your proposal is a request to be granted permission to perform one to five credit hours per quarter of research with a faculty advisor in 1051-502 and -503.)
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| Lectures: | Friday, 10:00 am - 12:20 pm, 76-1235
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| Texts: | There are no text books for this course. Much of the material you will
need can be found on the following web pages or in the following texts
located in our Library.
Especially 1.C.9.Research Plan
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| Readings: | The class calendar contains a list of suggested readings. |
| Assignments: | Web Page Resume (1)
Faculty Interviews (1) Library Research (5) Preliminary Proposal (15) Written Research Proposal (50) Peer Review Group (3) Oral Research Proposal (25) Writing Drills (IP)
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| Examinations: | There are no formal exams in this course.
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| Evaluation: | Your grade will be based on your performance on the assignments. Assignment due dates will be set and adhered to. Late assignments will not be accepted. Unfortunately, you will not receive a grade in this course, nor will you be able to register for 1051-502, unless your research proposal is approved.
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