CISC 897 Curriculum and Schedule

Week Date Content

1 January 10 What is Research?

How to Find Resources

2 January 17 Research Methods

The Art of Data Presentation

3 January 24 Writing a Technical Paper

4 January 31 Writing Literature Reviews and Project Proposals

The Task of Referee

5 February 7 Academic Writing by Queen’s Writing Center

6 February 14 Elevator Pitch

7 February 21 Reading Week

8 February 28 Time Management by Queen’s Learning Strategies

9 March 7 Tips for a Good Presentation

Poster Presentations

10 March 14 Research Ethics

Thesis and Defense

11 March 21 Students’ Presentations

12 March 28 Students’ Presentations

13 April 4 Students’ Presentations