Schedule, Readings, & Rubrics

The following course schedule is a polished estimate of assigned readings and written assignments. It is subject to update at any time so as to best meet the needs and pace of the entire class. Therefore, it is important that each student visits this page frequently to keep current with the information detailed below. 

Students can access, download, and print assigned readings distributed electronically by clicking the link embedded in the last name of a text's author. Note: WR indicates readings within Diana Hacker's A Writer's Reference.


WEEK ONE • INTRODUCTIONS, ANNOTATION, SUMMARY AND PARAPHRASING, AND WRITING PARAGRAPHS

M 6/3
: Introductions
: HW - Locate a scholarly article from Google Scholar that discusses an aspect of technology and its relation to communication, health and medicine, or culture. Then write a one paragraph summary of your chosen article. Please print both documents and bring them to class.

T 6/4
: Annotation, Summary and Paraphrasing (WR, 67-73)

W 6/5
: Pohl, “What: Mob Scene. Who: Strangers. Point: None.”
: HW - Compose two paragraphs in which you detail the pros and cons of technology's prevalence in society and culture. 

R 6/6
: Gore, “Flash Mob Dance and the Territorialisation of Urban Movement”
: HW - In one paragraph, summarize Gore's article.


WEEK TWO • APA & MLA THESIS FORMATION, AVOIDING PLAGIARISM, AND IN-TEXT CITATION,

M 6/10
: Class Cancelled

T 6/11
: Bey, from TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone
: HW - In one or two paragraphs, create and describe your own TAZ.

W 6/12
: Wasik, “My Crowd”  
: Paragraph Structure (WR, 32-45)

R 6/13
: Wasik, “My Crowd” 
: Rubric for Paper One 


WEEK THREE • ANALYSIS AND ARGUMENT FORMATION

M 6/17
: Wasik, “My Crowd” 
: APA In-Text Citation (WR, 444-459)
: HW - First, design your own social experiment and explain how it might utilize and comment upon Milgram's analysis of conformity. Be sure to use quotations from Wasik's text as support. Then, examine your own sense of conformity. In what ways do you conform? What do you conform to? How and why? Or, why not?

T 6/18
: Wasik, “My Crowd”
: Barker, “Fear Factor: Does NYC Have a Mob Problem?”
: MLA In-text Citation (WR, 372-391)

W 6/19
: Analysis (WR, 74-77)
: Argument Formation (WR, 10-11, 78-91)
: Rubric for Thesis Proposal 

R 6/20
: Computer Lab Session #1 – Topic and Thesis Formation (CL-204 B)
: Formal Paper One Due – Bring two extra copies to class for peer edit


WEEK FOUR • ARGUMENT EVALUATION AND WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES

M 6/24
: Whitehead, "Graffiti: The Use of the Familiar"
: Argument Evaluation (WR, 92-100)

T 6/25
: Whitehead, "Graffiti: The Use of the Familiar"
: Writing in the Disciplines (WR, 100-108)
: Correction Key for Returned Formal Papers

W 6/26
: Somerville, "The Urban Canvas and Its Artists"

R 6/27
: Lachmann, "Graffiti as Career and Ideology"
: Rubric for Paper Two
: Thesis Proposal RD Due – Bring two extra copies to class for peer edit


WEEK FIVE • CONDUCTING RESEARCH

M 7/1
: Lachmann, "Graffiti as Career and Ideology" 
: Conducting Research (WR, 331-346)
: Rubric for Annotated Bibliography

T 7/2
: Lachmann, "Graffiti as Career and Ideology"  
: Claudio, "Graffiti Artists Face Homelessness: The Battle for 5Pointz Is Lost"
: APA & MLA Bibliographic Citation at a Glance (from WR)

W 7/3
: Computer Lab Session #2 – Research Techniques (CL-204 B)
: Presentation Sign-Up
: Rubric for Presentation
: Rubric for Research Project
: Thesis Proposal Due
: Revision of Paper One Due

R 7/4
: College Closed – Independence Day


WEEK SIX • FILMS, PROFESSOR/STUDENT RESEARCH DISCUSSIONS

M 7/8
: Film – Bomb It!
: Formal Paper Two Due – Bring two extra copies to class for peer edit 

T 7/9
: Discussions
: Computer Lab Session #3 – Research Day (CL-204 B)

W 7/10
: Discussions
: Computer Lab Session #4 – Research Day (CL-204 B)

R 7/11
: Computer Lab Session #5 – Research Day (CL-204 B)
: Research Project Outline Due

WEEK SEVEN • RESEARCH PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

M 7/15
: Annotated Bibliography Due
: Presentations
1. Ryan Sahadeo
2. Laura Diaz
3. Andy Yu
4. Himanshu Sharma

T 7/16
: Presentations
1. Yeqin Zhang
2. Adrian Stuart
3. Dominique Germain

W 7/17
: Presentations
1. Ruth Angelica Bedoya
2. Yinaury Sanchez
3. Dimitri Honorat

R 7/18
: Computer Lab Session #6 – Reading Day (CL-204 B)


WEEK EIGHT • CONCLUSIONS

M 7/22
: Proxy Day
: Computer Lab Session #7 – Reading Day (CL-204 B)

T 7/23
: Revision of Paper Two Due
: Research Project Due
: Final Exam