This schedule is dynamic and responds to the needs of the classroom situation and students as we move through the course. For sure, the readings will be rearranged, some dropped, others added, as the needs of the situation demands. All changes to the syllabus will be announced in class and made online. The online syllabus is always the final authority on what is due and when, and it is your responsibility to stay current with the changes. And remember: you are accountable for all work, even if you do not attend class
Remember: Always bring to class the text/readings on the assigned day.
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Class Session |
Homework PC (Political Communications); DD (Dogmas & Dreams); HO (Handout) |
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Course Introduction: Project #1 HO; Discuss heuristics ; Mini lecture on Rhetoric |
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Th 1/22
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Discuss: web pages, reading & rhetoric
and politics; &
Project #1 HO; + heuristics |
Read:
PC ch
2, DD Ch
1-2 & "Fortress America" HO; Respond to
heuristic#1-2 |
Conjectures |
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| Discuss: reading; mini-lecture on Rhetoric; heuristic #1-2 due | Read: PC ch 3 & DD ch 3; Respond to heuristic #3 | |
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Th 1/29 |
Discuss: reading; mini-lecture on Rhetoric; heuristic #3 due |
Read: DD ch 4 & 6; Respond to heuristic #4-5 |
| Choosing Topics
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| Discuss: reading & project focuses; heuristic #4-5 due | Read: PC ch 4 | |
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Th 2/5
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Discuss: project focus & evidence | Read PC Ch 5 & 6 ; Respond to heuristic #6 & begin drafting paper |
| Workshopping |
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Discuss readings; |
Draft complete
paper |
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Th 2/12
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Project
#1 workshop |
Read peer comments & revise Draft |
Workshopping |
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Project #1 workshop #2 |
Read peer comments & Polish draft; |
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Th 2/19
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Project #1 due; in-class reflection |
Read Project #2 HO; PC ch 7 & 8; DD ch 7 |
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Civic Values |
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Discuss Project #2, civic values & readings |
develop list of 4-5 civic values & note their importance in relation to your topic; bring to conference |
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Th 2/26
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Class Cancelled: Individual Conferences |
Respond to heuristic #1; begin research |
The Rhetorical Situation |
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| Wrap up discussion of DD; discuss research strategies; heuristic #1 due | Continue
research; Read PC ch 10 |
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Th 3/4
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Discuss: reading,
values & rhetorical
situation |
Read PC ch 11; Respond to heuristic #2 |
Kairos |
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Discuss reading,
values & kairos; heuristic #2 due |
Read
PC 12 Respond to heuristic #3 |
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Th 3/11
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discuss universal
vs specific values & reading; heuristic #3 due |
Respond to heuristic #4 & #5 |
Spring Break |
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Discuss: topics & "thorny
issues"; Workshop heuristics
#4 & #5 --due |
Begin drafting paper |
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Th 3/25
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Review project
#2: goals and purpose; workshop heuristics 4-5 |
read peer comments & revise draft |
Workshopping |
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workshop draft |
read peer comments & revise draft | |
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Th 4/1
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workshop revised draft |
Read peer comments & Polish draft |
| Proposing Solutions |
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Project #2 due; in-class reflection; HO project #3 |
Read: Project
#3 HO; begin research |
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Th 4/8
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Workshop heuristic
#1 |
Read:
PC ch 14; respond to heuristic #2; continue research |
| Patterns of Organization |
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Discuss reading & proposal lecture;
heuristic #2 due |
continue research & drafting proposal | |
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Th 4/15
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View
power point on proposals; be prepared to discuss on
Tues |
continue research & drafting proposal |
Workshopping |
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Discuss proposal
powerpoint & revision strategies |
draft complete proposal | |
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Th 4/22
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Read peer comments & revise draft | |
Workshopping |
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| Read peer comments & revise draft | ||
Th 4/29 |
Workshop | Read peer comments & Polish draft |
Wrapping Up |
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Project
#3 due ; Project
#4 HO |
Prepare Project #4 | |
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Final |
Picking up your 3rd project and delivering your reflection
constitutes your final exam for this course. You will meet me in
my office (LL 309B) Thursday, May 6 between 12:00 noon and
3:00 pm (note this is a longer time than allot for the final |
Freedom |
My thanks to Dr. Jan Norton whose syllabus and website served as a model for my own.
