Weekly topics and readings

Week	Organization and Planning of Scientific Research «OPNI 5206» 3 credits
The theme	hours	Assignments
Unit I What is it academic writing?
	Lecture 1Introduction Academic Research Writing: What Is It? Seminar 1Course goals and overview; core concepts		Assignment for unit I How to write abstract? - 5
	Lecture 2Developing a Research Topic Seminar 2The elements that make up an academic research paper – 5
Unit II The conceptual phase and the research design construction phase in research process
	Lecture 3Problem Statements: A Brief Introduction Seminar 3Presentation on the topic “Which theme I had chosen for master’s thesis and then explain your proposal” – 5		Assignment for unit II Make an Annotated bibliography to your dissertation-30 Not less than 70 items Due to 15 November
	Lecture 4Developing Research Goals and Questions Seminar 4Write 800 words essay on the topic “What are differences between the topic and problem statement” 10 And be ready to discuss in class
	Lecture 5Preparing the outline Seminar 5Practice on writing proposal-5
	Lecture 6Developing an annotated bibliography: main rules and steps Seminar 6The outline preparing practice -10
	Lecture 7Developing an annotated bibliography: main rules and steps Seminar 7 Develop the first draft of your writing thesis –practice 10
	Mid-term exam	100 points
Total	200 points
Unit 3 Analyzing and evaluating the information Writing, formatting and organizing the research paper
	Lecture 8 Taking notes from Reading Organizing research with note cards How to read? Seminar 8Interpreting different types of primary sources – give the characteristic to the primary sources related to your topic. No less than 10 items-5 This is a 2-3 page paper that analyzes a primary document relevant to your research. You should consider how the document was prepared, the nature of its contents, its strengths and weaknesses as a source of historical data, possible sources of bias in the document, and how the document may (or may not) be helpful in answering your research question(s).
	Lecture 9Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Appropriately Seminar 9Write an Abstract of your article and discuss it in class10		Make an outline of your article-10
	Lecture10 Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Appropriately Seminar 10 Taking Notes from Research Reading-practice: How to Summarize Appropriately5		Make a thesis of your article10
	Lecture 11How to Avoid Plagiarism in the Research Process Seminar 11Taking Notes from Research Reading-practice: How to Paraphrase Appropriately5		Write a first draft of your article10
	Lecture 12Introductions and Conclusions Seminar 12presentation of your research paper proposal20
UNIT 5 Science&Scholarship
	Lecture 13Science, Scholarship and the Communication of Knowledge Seminar 13 the style guide you are following in your academic writing are the Modern Language Association (MLA), and the American Psychological Association (APA) practice-5
	Lecture 14Ethics and Etiquette in Scientific Research Seminar 14 Final presentation on literature review of you research This is a 10-15 minute presentation on your research’s literature review. 10
	Lecture 15How to present the results of your research Seminar 15Final presentation on literature review of you research10
	Final exam
	Total

Bibliography

1. Шефановский Д. Б. ФИЛОСОФСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ НАУЧНОГО ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ //Электронный ресурс: http://www.bytic.ru/cue99M/c7i71fd20b.html

2. Международного симпозиума историков. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-163546874.html

3. http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/Issues/2005/0509/0509new4.cfm

4. http://www.ichs2010.org/solidarityfund.asp 21 International Congress of Historical Sciences 22-28 August 2010

5. http://www.methodolog.ru/method.htm

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