Week One |
NOTE: We will hold class in Carpenter Library's Blue Room on all days but July 9th (on that day we'll be in HO 362).
July 1: (Hollister 362) introduce syllabus, form groups, discussion about article possibilities
July 2: discuss topic ideas, presentation of idea(s) at end of class, email me paragraph with your idea(s) by end of class (one email per group)
July 3: library database workshop (blue room, Carpenter Hall)
July 4: NO CLASS
July 5: work on bibliography and magazine analysis
Week Two |
July 8: work on bibliography and magazine analysis
July 9: work on query; discuss past articles; introduce op-ed; assign editorial duties for pitch presentations
July 10: work on query & pitch presentations
- due: bibliography and magazine analysis (uploaded to wiki under "posts")
July 11: A few words on presenting; discuss Gladwell & Suroweiki
July 12: NO CLASS
Week Three |
July 15: NO CLASS
July 16: work on query & pitch presentations; discuss op-eds (http://summer350.wikidot.com/op-ed)
July 17: pitch presentations
- due: query letter
- due: pitch presentations (in-class)
July 18: work on article
- due: journal 1 (upload pdf of article to articles-on-communications-in-engineering) (see Journal Entry #1 on assignments)
July 19: discuss Groupthink article (http://summer350.wdfiles.com/local--files/readings/groupthink.newyorker.pdf)
- due:op-ed draft (at beginning of class, uploaded to wiki under posts)
Week Four |
July 22:work on article
July 23: work on article
- due: journal 2 (by email)
July 24:work on article
July 25: op-ed workshops (you need to have read everyone's op-ed before class begins, jotting notes and comments about its strengths and weaknesses in the margins)
July 26: op-ed workshops (you need to have read everyone's op-ed before class begins, jotting notes and comments about its strengths and weaknesses in the margins)
- due: group assessment 1 (submit by email)
Week Five |
July 29: ethics case studies; introduce ethics presentation
- due: article draft at beginning of class period (uploaded to wiki under posts and give me one paper copy)
July 30: work on article revision/ethics presentations
- due: presentation proposals
July 31: discuss article drafts
- Read other four articles for discussion
August 1: work on article revision/ethics presentations
August 2: work on article revision/ethics presentations
- due: op-ed final (paper and email)
Week Six |
August 5: presentations
August 6: presentations
- due: journal 3 (by email)
August 7: presentations
August 8: presentations
- due: final version of article (due by email and paper)
August 9: presentations
Final exam due via email by 5pm on August 9