CSSE 394: Day 1

Outline

• Goals and activities of this course
• Plans after graduation
• Milestones of the three terms:
  • Fall term: Introduction and first part of a technical section
  • Winter term: Technical sections, initial results
  • Spring term: Results, conclusions, abstract. Poster and paper.
• Developing your writing skills
  • Writing is a skill that needs to be developed, by writing a lot.
  • Scoping a paper
  • Write about something you know
  • What is an area about which you know something?
• A cohort that learns from each other and supports each other.
  • Grad school application clinic, in particular the essay
  • Research presentations
  • Open peer reviews
  • Anonymous writing peer reviews
  • Socializing outside of class

  Resources

  • Research Resources covered in CSSE 393
  • Six Things I Learned From 50 Years of Book Writing

  Assignments

  • Day 2: Warm-up writing assignment. Write an essay, about the following: "One thing that brings joy to my life." See about developing your position. I think you want to write somewhere between 1/2 to one page.