Course overview: requirements, grading and schedule

Overview of Assignment #1

See also: Career Services

Document layout basics
Working with headings, subheadings, and bullets

Resumes and CVs

Article reviews: TBA

Pick up a copy of the UCSB Career Manual at Career Services Center (free)

Career Services Workshop: Handshake 101
12:00–12:50 p.m., Engineering Sciences Bldg., Rm. 2001

Career Services Workshop: Resumes and Cover Letters
4:00–5:00 p.m., Career Services, Room 1109

Career Services Workshop: Handshake 101
12:00–12:50 p.m., Engineering Sciences Bldg., Rm. 2001

Career Services Workshop: Resumes and Cover Letters
4:00–5:00 p.m., Career Services, Room 1109

Resumes (cont.)

Personal statements

Note: For additional help with your resume, see the resume books at the Reserve Book Desk (UCSB Davidson Library). They contain many fine resume examples that you can use as templates:

Quentin Schultze. Resume 101: A student and recent-grad guide to crafting resumes and cover letters. [HF5383. S3275. 2012]

Louise Kursmark. Best Resumes for College Students and New Grads, 3rd Edition [HF5383. K867. 2012]

Article reviews: TBA

Assignment #1
Autobiographical summary

Reading:
UCSB Career Manual, "Resume Writing" pp. 42–70

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Career Services Workshop: Networking 101
4:00–5:00 p.m., Career Services, Room 1109

Career Services Workshop: Engineering Resume Webinar
12:00–1:00 p.m., URL: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/8058932522

Career Services Workshop: Resumes and Cover letters
4:00–5:00 p.m., Career Services, Room 1109

Written correspondence: letters and memos (memoranda)

Overview of Assignment #4: Cover letter

Informational interviews / job interviews
Non-verbal language ("body language")

Comments: Our reading bears upon Assignment #3 (the cover letter), and how to interview for a job. Note that most resumes go hand-in-hand with a cover letter and interview.

Reading: UCSB Career Manual, "Cover Letters Made Easy" pp. 74–82

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Assignments Due: Assignment #2: Job and expenses study

Peer reviews of resumes/CVs and cover letters

Note: Be sure to bring extra copies of your resume today. One copy of each is for your classmates to mark up; the other is for me.

APT writing: audience, purpose and tone
Scientific audiences: lay, professional, and expert/specialist

Readability models: the Fog index
Word choice and conciseness

Article reviews: TBA

Assignment #3: Resume or CV

[NOTE: Bring one extra copy each of your resume for in-class peer reviews.]

Career Services Workshop: How to Work a Job Fair
4:00–5:00 p.m., Career Services, Room 1109

Scientific method (Part 1)

Note: Be sure to bring extra copies of your cover letter today. One copy of each is for your classmates to mark up; the other is for me.

Overview of Assignment #5: Proposal Memo

Article reviews: TBA

Assignment #4: Cover letter

[NOTE: Bring one extra copy each of your cover letter for in-class peer reviews.]

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2018 Fall Career and Internship Fair
11:00–2:00, UCSB Events Center (Thunderdome)

*Early admission (10:00) to those with an early admission pass.

Scientific method (Part 2)

Scheduling of presentations

Article reviews: TBA

Scientific method (Part 2)

Publication peer review process

Article reviews: TBA

Assignment #5: Proposal memo

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IMRAD/IRDAM articles

Working with numbers and representing numeric information graphically

Overview of Assignment #8: Quantitative Representation

Overview of Assignment #9: Analytic summary

Article reviews: TBA

*If you have not already done so, select and bring to class (in hardcopy form) an IMRAD or IRDAM journal article from a peer-reviewed publication. Be prepared to discuss the article's organizational structure, and its source citation format.

Sourcing and citation

Overview of Assignment #6: Informational Brochure (extra credit)

Article reviews: TBA

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James Salzman (Bren School), "Who Gets to Drink? The Past, Present and Future of Drinking Water"
4:00 p.m., UCSB Library, Pacific View Room
*Write a two-paragraph summary and reflection for extra credit.

Visual organizers
Graphics

Overview of Assignment #7: Technical Graphic

Article reviews: TBA

Rough draft of introduction to your conference paper (minimum of first three paragraphs)

Public speaking
Oral presentations for 109ST

Article reviews: TBA

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Writing explanatory text
Instructions and how-to articles

Intellectual property issues: copyrighting, patents, trademarks and plagiarism

Article reviews: TBA

Assignment #7: Technical graphic

Catch-up day. Please bring work to date and questions about your papers and presentations.

Article reviews: TBA

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Presentations: Derek T.; Dillon A-J; Ali M.

Assignment #9: Analytic summary (extra credit)

Presentations: Dillon M.; Jacob K.; Jessica A.

UCSB Holiday

***Thanksgiving***

Presentations: Nuan W.; Lina L.; Chloe C.; Xiyue H.; Michelle S.

Assignment #8: Quantitative presentation

Presentations: Nathan H.; Bruglin H.; Ivan R.; Jonathan M.; Colin Z.

Assignment #6: Informational brochure (extra credit)

Presentations: Yijie L.; Jason C.; Youseff S.; Dane B.; Lauren M.

Presentations: Zichen S.; Joey K.; Ethan M.

Course and instructor evaluation (15 min.)

All research papers and rewrites of assignments due today.

NOTE: You may drop off papers and rewrites in one of two ways: 1) by bringing them to my office in South Hall 1523 (either give them to me in person or slip them under my door); or, 2) by putting them into the Writing Program mailbox outside South Hall 3422 [please be certain that my name and "Writing 109ST" is on your assignment(s), as the box is shared between five departments].

Research papers due (final draft)

All final rewrites of assignments due