Research Seminar
Linguistics 47900, Fall 2003
Tuesdays 1:30-4:20 pm
Gates-Blake 201
Instructor Jason Merchant
merchant@uchicago.edu
office phone: (773) 702-8523
http://home.uchicago.edu/~merchant
Office: Classics 305
Office hours: Thur 12-2pm
Course description
The aim of this course is twofold: one, to allow you to make progress on your research in a structured way and to help fulfill program requirements, and two, to present professionalization information crucial to success in the field. The prerequisites for enrollment are two: 1. graduate standing (you must be enrolled either as a PhD or MA student) and 2. the presentation to me at the first meeting of a draft of a research paper. The course is organized largely around working on the research paper, with the goal of making it a conference-presentable and journal-publishable work. Topics covered include abstracts, publishing, handouts, presentation skills, course design, creating and maintaining a cv, cover letters, webpages, and in general everything that is required for you to successfully compete for jobs in linguistics.
Course requirements
The final grade will be based on all of the above elements
The
Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career, John
Goldsmith et al., University of Chicago Press: Chicago.
Weekly schedule
Week |
Date |
Topic |
1 |
9.30 |
intro |
2 |
10.7 |
cv |
3 |
10.14 |
abstract 1 |
4 |
10.21 |
webpage |
5 |
10.28 |
|
6 |
11.4 |
abstract 2 |
7 |
11.11 |
|
8 |
11.18 |
syllabus |
9 |
11.25 |
|
10 |
12.2 |
miniconference |