The course assignments are designed to improve your compositional skills as well as to enhance your knowledge of the chemical history of the Universe. The readings and writing assignments are also designed to introduce you to a variety of different styles of scientific writing. This course takes advantage of the Student Writing Fellow Program.
Fellows are competitively chosen undergraduates who help students develop their writing skills.
They will work with you individually outside of class to help you improve the clarity and effectiveness of your writing. I have chosen to work with Writing Fellows this semester because I believe they will be an invaluable asset to the course. In each case you will submit a polished draft of your paper to me on the assigned due date. I will pass it along to the Writing Fellow, who will carefully read your paper, make comments on your draft, and then meet with you individually for a conference to discuss your writing and suggestions for revision. You will then revise your paper and submit both the original draft and your revised version on the specified revision due date.