Schedule subject to change with notice.
| Date | Major Due Dates; Homework (due day listed); In class |
| T 1/21 | Introduction to Course; Read Burke in class (Moodle); Notes |
| Th 1/23 | Read Gee (Moodle), Community Reflection Paper due by Friday at 5:00 (bring draft to class); Notes; Discuss research and emails |
| T 1/28 | Read Donegan and Onion; Notes |
| Th 1/30 | Bring in draft of Innovation Paper; Discuss notes, genre and formatting resources (Moodle), Innovation Paper rubric |
| T 2/4 | Workshop papers; Notes |
| Th 2/6 | Innovation Paper due with revisions by the end of Friday; Discuss Tufte, presentations, sample slides |
| T 2/11 | 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 |
| Th 2/13 | Presentation 1 |
| T 2/18 | Presentation 1 |
| Th 2/20 | Presentation 1; Reflection Paper due by Friday |
| T 2/25 | Read “Organizing Your Argument,” Damore memo, Jones, and Penny; Notes |
| Th 2/27 | Debate Proposal due; Discuss notes and research |
| T 3/10 | Midterm Reflection due |
| Th 3/12 | Research Analysis due; Notes |
| T 3/17 | Annotated Bibliography due; Notes |
| Th 3/19 | Debate Paper due for peer reviews; Debate Paper Rubric |
| T 3/24 | Conferences |
| Th 3/26 | Debate Paper due with revisions by end of Sunday; Ethics Activity |
| T 3/31 | Peer review presentations |
| Th 4/2 | Presentation 2 |
| T 4/7 | Presentation 2 |
| Th 4/16 | Presentation 2; Reflection Paper due by end of Friday |
| T 4/21 | Read Tufekci and McIntosh |
| Th 4/23 | Bring draft of Ethics Paper to class; A/V Workshop |
| T 4/28 | Workshop papers |
| Th 4/30 | Ethics Paper due with revisions |
| T 5/5 | Presentations |
| Th 5/7 | Presentations |
| T 5/12 | Final Assignment due with Final Reflection (for videos and podcasts); Final Reflection due (for presentations) |
