General Course Description: This course is designed to help you with your current and future writing needs in Astronomy/Physics. You will learn how to write resumes and letters for jobs, newsletters and articles for the public, and papers for scientific journals. You will gain practice in writing correctly, accurately, and communicating in the right way for a specific audience. In addition, you will act as a reviewer of written materials (those published and those written by your fellow students).
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| 1 | Sept 27 | job skills, job ad | Resumes & Letters |
| 2 | Oct 2,4 | draft resume, letter | Resumes & Letters |
| 3 | 9,11 | revise resume, letter | Resumes & Letters |
| 4 | 16,18 | Pick Newsletter topic | TJO Newsletter |
| 5 | 23,25 | draft article | TJO Newsletter |
| 6 | 30,Nov 1 | revise article | TJO Newsletter |
| 7 | 6,8 | pick journal topic,draft Intro | Journal article |
| 8 | 13,15 | draft Body | Journal article |
| 9 | 20 | refs, figures | Journal article |
| 10 | 27,29 | Abstract | Journal article |
| 11 | Dec 4,6 | final version | Journal article |
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20 |
Newsletter/Public Article: |
30 |
Journal Paper: |
40 |
In-class exercises,reviews: |
10 |
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