Syllabi: Summer 06 - Spring 07DPLS 700su06 - Leadership TheoryDPLS 700fa06 - Leadership TheoryDPLS 701su06 - Organizational TheoryDPLS 703su06 - Global Systems and Policy AnalysisDPLS 708su06 - Leadership, Restorative Justice, & ForgivenessDPLS 714su06 - Writing for PublicationDPLS 714su06 - Writing for PublicationDPLS 720su06 - Principles of ResearchDPLS 721fa06 - Leadership and Arts-Based UnderstandingsDPLS 722su06 - Quantitative Data AnalysisDPLS 723fa06 - Qualitative Research Theory and DesignDPLS 723su06 - Qualitative ResearchDPLS 728fa06 - Literature ReviewDPLS 729su06 Computer Analysis Qualitative DataDPLS 730fa06 - Proposal SeminarDPLS 730su06 - Proposal SeminarDPLS 742su06 - Organizational Change and Appreciative InquiryDPLS 743fa06 - Leadership and ConsultingDPLS 745fa06 - Leadership and Personal EthicsDPLS 745su06 - Leadership and Personal EthicsDPLS 746su06 - Leadership and Applied EthicsDPLS 747fa06 - Leadership and Classical EthicsDPLS 754su06 - Leadership and SociologyDPLS 772fa06 - Art and Practice of DialogueDPLS 772su06 - Leadership and Aesthetics
DPLS 774su06 - Academic Writing
DPLS 701sp07 - Organizational TheoryDPLS 703sp07 - Global Systems and Policy AnalysisDPLS 714sp07 - Writing for PublicationDPLS 722sp07 - Quantitative Data AnalysisDPLS 728sp07 - Literature ReviewDPLS730sp07 - Proposal SeminarDPLS748sp07 - Leadership & Feminist EthicsDPLS 756sp07 - Leadership and PsychologyDPLS 759sp07 - Leadership and EconomicsDPLS 772sp07 - Complexity and Organizational LeadershipDPLS 773sp07 - Portraits of Women & LeadershipDPLS 774sp07 - Leadership and ResilienceDPLS 775sp07 - Leadership as Vocation

DPLS 774su06 - Academic Writing

DPLS 774 – Academic Writing
Summer 2006         Credits: 1

Pre-requisites:
Admission to DPLS, or permission

Place/Time:
June 17 (Saturday), 9 am – 1 pm, SC 201
June 24 (Saturday), 9 am – 1 pm, SC 201

Faculty:
Susan L. Norwood, EdD, RN
Professor
Schoenberg Center, Room 012
(509)323-6646
norwood@gu.gonzaga.edu

Office hours:
Tuesday-Thursday, 9 am – 3 pm
Or by appointment

Course description:
This course presents a framework for doctoral-level academic writing that emphasizes evidence of critical/analytic thinking, application of universal intellectual standards, and attention to structural details.

Objectives:
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:

  1. Develop written work that reflects the universal structures of thought.
  2. Apply universal intellectual standards to written work.
  3. Construct written work that is characterized by organization, flow, precision in wording, elegance, and attention to scholarly details and format.

Course Requirements and Grade Computation:
Article critique*  - 30%
Paper critique and rewrite*  - 40%
Class attentiveness and participation (academic citizenship and civility) - 30%
 Total - 100%

*Assignment guidelines attached.
This course is being graded on a Satisfactory/Not Satisfactory basis. You will not receive a letter grade for the course.

To earn a Satisfactory (S) grade you must:

  • Attend, be engaged in, and actively participate in both class sessions
  • Complete both assignments on time in a thorough, thoughtful, and scholarly manner. Your work must show application of course content.

Required Texts:  None. A list of useful resources will be distributed in class.

Teaching Strategies: Discussion-based interactive lectures, in-class application exercises, written assignments.

Course Outline/Calendar:
Session #1 – June 17, 9 am – 1 pm
Introductions
Course overview
Self-assessment/pre-test?
A framework for academic writing – overview
The elements of critical thinking
Reflecting the universal structures of thought in written work

  • Purpose
  • Questions
  • Assumptions
  • Point of view
  • Evidence
  • Reasoning
  • Implications

Universal intellectual standards

  • Clarity
  • Accuracy
  • Relevance
  • Logicalness
  • Breadth
  • Precision
  • Significance
  • Completeness
  • Fairness
  • Depth

Session #2 – June 25, 9 am – 1 pm
Questions and reflections
Discussion re article critique assignment
The mechanics and aesthetics of writing

  • Organization and flow
  • Readability
  • Grammar and punctuation
  • Sentence and paragraph construction
  • Precision
  • Elegance
  • APA format and aesthetics

Gonzaga University
Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies

DPLS 774 – Academic Writing
Summer 2006

Assignment #1 – Article Critique

Purpose:  To identify and critique application of the universal structures of thought in written work.

Process:

  1. Develop a worksheet that you could use to assess presence of the elements of reasoning and the universal intellectual standards in a paper that you write. You may use the template that I hand out in class as a starting point, but I would like to see you “translate” this into something that would be helpful for your own self-assessment.
  2. Apply this worksheet to the article that is distributed in class.
  3. We will compare your findings at the beginning of our second class session.
  4. Hand in your completed worksheet.

This assignment will be graded holistically, using the criteria of completeness, thoughtfulness, accuracy, clarity, and scholarly presentation.

Gonzaga University
Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies

DPLS 774 – Academic Writing
Summer 2006

Assignment #2 – Critique and Rewrite Exercise

Purpose:  To apply universal intellectual standards and the structural details of scholarly writing to a written product.

Process:

  1. Select a paper that you have submitted previously for another DPLS course. This should be a paper that needs improvement.
  2. Critique your paper using the elements of reasoning and universal intellectual standards. Do this by “annotating” your original paper. In other words, the strengths and weaknesses of your paper should be indicated on the paper itself.
  3. Rewrite 2-3 particularly problematic paragraphs in this paper. I need to see the original version and the rewrite “side-by-side.”

This assignment is due on July 10 (3 weeks following completion of the course). The assignment will be graded holistically using the criteria of completeness, thoughtfulness, accuracy, clarity, organization, and scholarly presentation.