Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
All reading assignments are due on the day they are listed on the schedule
below. We will not be reading in class. You are responsible for completing
all assigned readings prior to arriving to class. Each reading assignment is
identified in the Readings column.
Also note that assignment due dates are in the Assignments column.
Important Dates
January 13, 2017 Last day to add a class
January 25, 2017 Last day to drop a class with a refund
March 23, 2017
Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W
May 4, 2017
Final Exam Date (11:00 a.m. 1:40 p.m.)
Start watching the news, reading the newspaper and favorite blogs to begin identifying research
topics of interest to you. Review topics on the following links: (Keep Taboo Topics for this
course in mind as you select a topic)
Week/Date
Week 1
Tu 10 Jan
Th 12 Jan
Readings
Assignments
Introduction to class
Discussion of class projects listed in syllabus
Questions about the syllabus and assignments?
No reading assigned
12 Jan:
Information
Bensen
Week/Date
Week 2
Tu 17 Jan
Th 19 Jan
Week 3
Tu 24 Jan
Th 26 Jan
Week 4
Tu 31 Jan
Th 2 Feb
Week 5
Tu 7 Feb
Th 9 Feb
Week 6
Tu 14 Feb
Th 16 Feb
Spring 2017
Readings
Assignments
Literacy Pre-test by
the end of class
17 Jan: Academic
Honesty
Agreement in
Blackboard by
midnight
Presentations
Presentations (if needed)
Work on Rhetorical Analysis Essay in class
7 or 9 Feb: Fake
News Group
Presentation
12-16 Feb:
Complete draft of
Rhetorical Analysis
essay for individual
Bensen
Week/Date
Week 7
Tu 21 Feb
Th 23 Feb
Spring 2017
Readings
Assignments
conference in BH,
Room 220B
21 Feb: Final
revision of
Rhetorical Analysis
essay in
Blackboard by
midnight
25 Feb:
Assessment for
Library Module
One by midnight
Note: Next week the class will begin using Library Modules. You may access Library Modules
by clicking on the links established in the course schedule or by going directly to each module
by clicking on the Library Modules button in the Course Menu in Blackboard. For each
module, you will see two links related to each module.
The first link for each module will take you directly to that module on the Library Research
Guide.
The second link for each module will take you to the assessment/quiz for that specific module.
Week 8
Tu 28 Feb
Th 2 Mar
28 Feb:
Assessments for
Library Modules
Two and Three by
midnight
2 Mar: Assessments
for Library Modules
Four and Five by
midnight
Bensen
Spring 2017
4
2 Mar: Research
paper topic proposal
in Blackboard by
midnight
Week 9
Tu 7 Mar
Th 9 Mar
7 Mar: Assessment
for Library Module
Six.
13-19 March
Spring Break
Classes not in session
Week 10
Tu 21 Mar
Th 23 Mar
Week 11
Tu 28 Mar
Th 30 Mar
21 Mar:
Assessment for
Library Module
Seven
No reading assigned
In-class activity: research day and/or work on module
assessments
No reading assigned
In-class activity: Library Modules Post-test
28 Mar: Post-test:
Information Literacy
Assessment due by
midnight (go to
Blackboard course
site; click on
Library Modules
on the Course
Menu, click on
Post-test link)
30 Mar: Draft of
annotated bib; bring
copies of source
materials to class
(books, scholarly
Bensen
Spring 2017
5
articles, newspaper
articles, etc.)
Week 12
Tu 4 Apr
Th 6 Apr
Week 13
Tu 11 Apr
Th 13 Apr
Week 14
Tu 18 Apr
Th 20 Apr
No reading assigned
In-class activity: Peer review of research paper draft
6 Apr Draft of
research paper
(outline, title, intro,
body paragraphs,
conclusion, Works
Cited list); bring
copies of source
materials to class
(books, scholarly
articles, newspaper
articles, etc.)
10-13 Apr:
Complete draft of
research paper for
individual
conference in BH,
Room 220H
18 Apr: Final
revision of research
paper in Blackboard
by midnight
18 Apr: At least
five images you are
considering using in
your Visual
Argument
No reading assigned
In-class activity: Peer review of Visual Argument and
Self-reflection Essay
20 Apr: Complete
draft of Visual
Argument with SelfReflection essay for
in-class peer review
Bensen
Spring 2017
Week 15
Tu 25 Apr
Presentations
Th 27 Apr
Presentations
Finals Wk
Th 4 May