Schedule

Date Major Due Dates; Homework (due day listed); In class
W 1/19 Introduction to Course; Notes
M 1/24 Read Burke and Gee (Moodle); Notes
W 1/26 Community Reflection Paper due; Discuss notes, research, and emails
M 1/31 Read Donegan and Onion; Notes
W 2/2 Bring in draft of Innovation Paper; Notes, sign up for conferences
M 2/7 Conferences
W 2/9 Innovation Paper revisions due; Discuss Tufte, presentations, sample slides
M 2/14 Read sections of Pitt’s “Introducing Public Speaking” (all of The Basics, Writing the Speech, and Delivering the Speech), bring outline and visual aid for peer reviews of Presentation 1; Discuss Jackson
W 2/16 Presentation 1
M 2/21 Presentation 1
W 2/23 Presentation 1; Reflection Paper due by Friday
M 3/7 Midterm Reflection due
W 3/9 Read “Organizing Your Argument,” Dobbin and Kalev, and Damore memo; Notes
M 3/14 Debate Proposal due; Discuss notes, research
W 3/16 Research Analysis due; Discuss notes, stasis theory
M 3/21 Work on Annotated Bibliography; Notes
W 3/23 Annotated Bibliography due; Notes
M 3/28 Debate Paper due for peer reviews; Sign up for conferences
W 3/30 Conferences
M 4/4 Debate Paper revisions due; Notes, sample slides, and elements of design
W 4/6 Peer review presentations
M 4/11 Class cancelled
W 4/13 Read Tufekci and McIntosh
T 4/19 Presentation 2
W 4/20 Presentation 2
M 4/25 Presentation 2
W 4/27 Ethics Paper due for peer reviews; Complete Reflection Paper, notes, sign up for conferences (optional)
M 5/2 Ethics Paper revisions due; Notes, sign up for Presentation 3 interviews
T 5/10 Final Reflection due