UNC Pembroke Course Schedule

Department of Sociology, Social Work
& Criminal Justice

Schedule - CRJS 409 Special Topic: Writing (and References) in Criminal Justice

Instructor: Dr. Fran Fuller CRJS 409 Home Page

Date Topic Reading Assignments Due

Week 1 Organizing ourselves to think about writing. SF Writer Big Ideas: Section 8 Making Choices about Language; Section 4 Making Choices about Plagiarism.
Nitty-gritty: Section 23 Using Sources Responsibly; Section 24 Using Quotations Effectively; Section 25 Collecting Source Information for Documentation.
Insanely picky detail: Section 31 Key Grammatical Terms; Section 32 The Shape of Sentences; Section 33 Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons.
Nitty-gritty: Section 9 Writing Stylish Sentences; Section 10 Shaping Effective Paragraphs. Start reading ASAP

Week 2 Writing, Formatting or Editing? SF Writer Big Ideas: Section 11 Designing Documents; Section 4 Creating a Structure.
Nitty-gritty: Section 6 Drafting; Section 7 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading; Section 22 Evaluating Sources.
Insanely picky detail: Section 35 Subject-Verb Agreement; Section 36 Verb Tense, Voice and Mood; Section 37 Pronouns. Pluto Login by Sept 3

Week 3 Testing writing or testing knowledge about writing? SF Writer Still Insanely Detailed Standard Written English Rules: Section 39 End Punctuation; Section 40 Commas; Section 41 Semicolons and Colons; Section 42 Quotation Marks and Ellipses; Section 43 Parentheses and Brackets; Section 44 Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes; Section 45 Italics and Capitalization; Section 46 Apostrophes, Abbreviations, and Numbers.
Nitty-gritty: Section 47 Spelling, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Online Newspaper Article Document Report Friday Sept 10

Week 4 Research SF Writer Nitty-gritty: Section 22 Evaluating Sources.
The Whole Enchilada: Section 27 APA Documentation. Online Social Science Journal Article Document Report Friday Sept 17

Week 5 Statistics SF Writer Disgusting details: Section 34 Modifiers Online Statistical Document Report Friday Sept 24

Week 6 Documenting in legal styles Basic Legal Citation

Week 7 Author, Date, Title, Publication Info, Access. Chicago or Turabian Style FAQs
SF Writer Mini-manual: Section 28 CMS Documentation [Chicago Manual of Style].
SF Writer Mini-manual: Section 26 MLA Documentation [Modern Language Association].
SF Writer Mini-manual: Section 30 COS Documentation [Columbia Online Style]. Online Legal Brief Document Report Friday Oct 8

Week 8 Graded In-class Discussion (Monday) SF Writer Big Ideas Section 16 Reading and Responding Critically.
Nitty-gritty Section 17 Strategies of Argument; Section 18 Visual Arguments. Fall Break (Friday)

Week 9 Catch up. Second Draft of First Four Document Reports Friday Oct 22

Week 10 Portfolio Your preview Monday or Friday

Week 11 Individual Assessments, Pluto post-test Portfolio Specifications by Dec 3

Week 12 Writing in CJ, The Discipline SF Writer Nitty-gritty Section 14 Giving Oral Presentations; Section 13 Writing for the Web.

"Pluto Post-test" in class Monday November 8.

Jamie Baker Smith MPM-CJ Capstone Paper Presentation in class Friday November 12. Book (True Crime) Document Report Friday Nov 12

Week 13 Writing in CJ, The Major SF Writer from the 2nd Edition, grades and the evaluation of writing (handout).

"Comprehensive Objective Test of Writing Skill Knowledge" in class Monday November 15.

Have written proposal for "Writing Standards in the CJ Major" (no longer than one page) ready for graded in-class discussion Friday November 19. Your recommendations for Standards Proposal put forward in graded in-class discussion. Friday Nov 19

Week 14 Re-draft. Graded In-class critique and re-draft of Standards Proposal. Monday Nov 22

Week 15 Final Drafts of Document Reports recorded for grade.

Portfolios due Friday Dec 3. All work due by Last Day of Class Friday Dec 3

Week 16 Exam Comprehensive graded in-class EXAM discussion. Monday December 6, 2004, from 11:00am - 1:30pm. We will discuss the ramifications of your scores on your "Comprehensive Objective Test of Writing Skill Knowledge."

Date	Topic	Reading	Assignments	Due
Week 1	Organizing ourselves to think about writing.	SF Writer Big Ideas: Section 8 Making Choices about Language; Section 4 Making Choices about Plagiarism. Nitty-gritty: Section 23 Using Sources Responsibly; Section 24 Using Quotations Effectively; Section 25 Collecting Source Information for Documentation. Insanely picky detail: Section 31 Key Grammatical Terms; Section 32 The Shape of Sentences; Section 33 Sentence Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons. Nitty-gritty: Section 9 Writing Stylish Sentences; Section 10 Shaping Effective Paragraphs.	Start reading	ASAP

Week 2	Writing, Formatting or Editing?	SF Writer Big Ideas: Section 11 Designing Documents; Section 4 Creating a Structure. Nitty-gritty: Section 6 Drafting; Section 7 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading; Section 22 Evaluating Sources. Insanely picky detail: Section 35 Subject-Verb Agreement; Section 36 Verb Tense, Voice and Mood; Section 37 Pronouns.	Pluto Login	by Sept 3

Week 3	Testing writing or testing knowledge about writing?	SF Writer Still Insanely Detailed Standard Written English Rules: Section 39 End Punctuation; Section 40 Commas; Section 41 Semicolons and Colons; Section 42 Quotation Marks and Ellipses; Section 43 Parentheses and Brackets; Section 44 Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes; Section 45 Italics and Capitalization; Section 46 Apostrophes, Abbreviations, and Numbers. Nitty-gritty: Section 47 Spelling, Dictionary, Thesaurus.	Online Newspaper Article Document Report	Friday Sept 10

Week 4	Research	SF Writer Nitty-gritty: Section 22 Evaluating Sources. The Whole Enchilada: Section 27 APA Documentation.	Online Social Science Journal Article Document Report	Friday Sept 17

Week 5	Statistics	SF Writer Disgusting details: Section 34 Modifiers	Online Statistical Document Report	Friday Sept 24

Week 6	Documenting in legal styles	Basic Legal Citation

Week 7	Author, Date, Title, Publication Info, Access.	Chicago or Turabian Style FAQs SF Writer Mini-manual: Section 28 CMS Documentation [Chicago Manual of Style]. SF Writer Mini-manual: Section 26 MLA Documentation [Modern Language Association]. SF Writer Mini-manual: Section 30 COS Documentation [Columbia Online Style].	Online Legal Brief Document Report	Friday Oct 8

Week 8	Graded In-class Discussion (Monday)	SF Writer Big Ideas Section 16 Reading and Responding Critically. Nitty-gritty Section 17 Strategies of Argument; Section 18 Visual Arguments.	Fall Break (Friday)

Week 9	Catch up.		Second Draft of First Four Document Reports	Friday Oct 22

Week 10	Portfolio		Your preview	Monday or Friday

Week 11	Individual Assessments, Pluto post-test		Portfolio Specifications	by Dec 3

Week 12	Writing in CJ, The Discipline	SF Writer Nitty-gritty Section 14 Giving Oral Presentations; Section 13 Writing for the Web. "Pluto Post-test" in class Monday November 8. Jamie Baker Smith MPM-CJ Capstone Paper Presentation in class Friday November 12.	Book (True Crime) Document Report	Friday Nov 12

Week 13	Writing in CJ, The Major	SF Writer from the 2nd Edition, grades and the evaluation of writing (handout). "Comprehensive Objective Test of Writing Skill Knowledge" in class Monday November 15. Have written proposal for "Writing Standards in the CJ Major" (no longer than one page) ready for graded in-class discussion Friday November 19.	Your recommendations for Standards Proposal put forward in graded in-class discussion.	Friday Nov 19

Week 14	Re-draft.		Graded In-class critique and re-draft of Standards Proposal.	Monday Nov 22

Week 15	Final Drafts	of Document Reports recorded for grade. Portfolios due Friday Dec 3.	All work due by Last Day of Class	Friday Dec 3

Week 16	Exam	Comprehensive graded in-class EXAM discussion. Monday December 6, 2004, from 11:00am - 1:30pm.	We will discuss the ramifications of your scores on your "Comprehensive Objective Test of Writing Skill Knowledge."