Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

COURSE DETAILS:

In this course students will accumulate vital resources and gain invaluable skills towards completing a Graduate Program in a timely manner  

This graduate seminar exemplifies the praxis of a graduate level student balancing theory, method, practice and sustainability by building a creative, collaborative and supportive community of practice. Frameworks will be examined and applied in relation to reliable work habits, effective management templates and relevant analytical tools. This course will serve as an invaluable contribution to any graduate student and will compliment the skills and support systems already in place.  

This course is directed towards graduate students who have done their foundational work and are now in the complex landscape of research, data collection and analysis, writing and consultations with their supervisors and committee members. This is an area that is primarily singularly directed and self motivated and at times can create an isolation and stasis in the process.  

This course will provide a supportive community of practice and the practical tools to continue the graduate journey with energy, momentum and a spirit to be reckoned with!

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

This is a portfolio course that has both practical, philosophical, methodological theoretical implications for a doctoral or masters student of any level.

The course addresses best practices in foundational scholarship such as close reading and efficient research writing, to more refined capacities such as defense preparation and professional networking towards professional positions. The primary focus of this course is to provide useful, relevant and practical strategies towards the completion of a graduate degree with efficiency and in good health!

It is possible to not only endure and survive a graduate program but to savor this very rich journey with rigor, momentum and inspiration. This course will provide the skills and resources to achieve this through clearly defined areas of scholarship and practice.

The course is divided into 8 sections

• Academic identity
• Management and communication
• Close and effective reading
• Efficient writing
• Research with integrity and purpose
• Useful networking
• Career strategies
• Capacities for high stakes presentations

These sections serve as pathways to investigate refined methods and tools for wrestling with difficult texts, creating publishable writing, defining relevant and effective methods for data collection and analysis and finally preparing higher stake’s presentations. The scope of these areas carries an emphasis on balancing ‘thick’ scholarship with the management of time, resources and energy.

The format of the class will follow a variety of deliveries and engagements from student led presentations, discussion groups, mini lectures, reading seminars, writing clinics and field trips.

The instructor is responsible for providing key topics accompanied by readings and practical hands on applications with flexibility for adaptations according to individualized relevance

Grading

Materials

REQUIRED READING: