Appendix 4: Fall 2014 Schedule
eading Schedule
- Please complete assignments listed on this syllabus by the class start time on the date they appear.
- The items listed here are not formatted like they would be on an academic bibliography or works cited list; information is simplified for quick access.
- This schedule is subject to change (with reasonable notice) and does not include all out-of-class assignments or assignments we will complete in class meetings. Additional assignments may be announced in class and provided there and via email or Blackboard. Be sure to check your email daily for possible updates.
September 3 Wednesday | Course Introductions
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September 8 Monday
Last day to register or add a class online
| READ: Writing With Substance (WWS), http://scalar.usc.edu/works/writing-with-substance-
COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 1 (follow directions therein for submission requirements)
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September 10 Wednesday
| ***PLEASE ATTEND Faculty Research Day – Come find me there for credit, 11:00am – 2:00pm, Student Center, Multipurpose Room)**
READ: WWS, “Reading Academic Scholarship” http://scalar.usc.edu/works/writing-with-substance-/finding-scholarly-things-to-read
COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 2 (follow directions therein for submission requirements)
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September 15 Monday
| COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 3 (follow directions therein for submission requirements)
[In Class: Watch Terms and Conditions May Apply]
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September 17 Wednesday
| READ: 1) Waters, “Student Data is the New Oil” http://hackeducation.com/2013/10/17/student-data-is-the-new-oil/
COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 4 (follow directions therein for submission requirements)
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September 22 Monday
| READ: 1) Robinson Meyer “Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment”http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/everything-we-know-about-facebooks-secret-mood-manipulation-experiment/373648/
2) Tracy Mitrano, “Facebook and the New World Order” https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/law-policy-and-it/facebook-and-new-world-order
3) “I know where your cat lives” http://iknowwhereyourcatlives.com/about/
4) Sam Fiorella, “The Insidiousness of Facebook” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-fiorella/the-insidiousness-of-face_b_4365645.html
5) Adam D. I. Kramer, Jamie E. Guillory, and Jeffrey T. Hancock, “Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks”(PNAS 2014) http://www.pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full
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September 24 Wednesday
| Class Takes Place Online! (no meeting on campus)
READ: “Finding Something to Read Using Library Databases” in WWShttp://scalar.usc.edu/works/writing-with-substance-/using-research-databases-to-find-something-to-read;
WATCH: All three videos (in lieu of an in-class workshop) in the above
COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 5 (follow directions therein for submission requirements)
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September 29 Monday
Absolute last day to register or add a class
September 30 Last day to drop a course without receiving a "W" grade on transcript.
| READ: 1) Sylvan Lane, “10 Things you Didn’t Know you Agreed to” http://mashable.com/2014/07/24/terms-of-service-secrets/
2) E. Alex Jung, “Wages for Facebook” http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/wages-for-facebook
3) “Senators Introduce Data Privacy Changes to FERPA”http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/07/31/senators-introduce-data-privacy-changes-ferpa
4) Christopher Piehler, “California Assembly Approves Bill Restricting Companies' Use of Student Data” http://thejournal.com/articles/2014/08/26/california-assembly-approves-student-data-privacy-bill.aspx
5) Joseph Faherty, “Where the Internet of Things Meets Office Space”http://www.wired.com/2014/07/when-the-internet-of-things-meets-office-space
6) Kate Crawford, “The Anxieties of Big Data” http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/the-anxieties-of-big-data/
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October 1 Wednesday
| Complete: R&W Assignment 6 (In-Class: Workshop on quotations and MLA Documentation. DO NOT MISS CLASS!)
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October 6 Monday
| READ: 1) WWS, “Finding Substance Through History” http://scalar.usc.edu/works/writing-with-substance-/finding-substance-through-history
2) Natalia Cecire, “Beyoncé's Second Skin (Part I)” http://nataliacecire.blogspot.com/2014/05/beyonces-second-skin-part-i.html
3) Tressie McMillan Cottom, “The University and the Company Man” http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-university-and-the-company-man
Complete: R&W Assignment 7 (follow directions therein for submission requirements)
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October 8 Wednesday
October 8 Wednesday CONT’D | READ: 1) David Evans, “Adjunct Hiring and ‘Quality’“ http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Adjunct-Faculty-and/7319
2) David Evans, “Budget Realities and Adjunct Hiring” http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/budget-realitiesadjunct-hiring/7325
3) David Evans, “A brief Taxonomy of Adjunct Labor” http://chronicle.com/blogs/onhiring/a-brief-taxonomy-of-adjunct-labor/7336
4) Maria Maisto, “Higher Education’s Darkest Secret” http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/01/22/higher-educations-darkest-secret
5) Tim Goral, “Unintended consequences: The rise—and fall—of adjuncts in higher education” http://tinyurl.com/mo7p7mv
6) Joseph Fruscione. “When a College Contracts ‘Adjunctivitis,’ it’s the Students Who Lose” http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/when-a-college-contracts-adjunctivitis-its-the-students-who-lose/
In class: Watching Con Job documentary (2014) |
October 13 Monday
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1. READ: WWS, “Writing”; R&W Assignment 8; R&W Assignment 9 and R&W Assignment 9 3/4 (all of which require that you also read Assignment 10!)
2. COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 8 (follow directions therein for submission requirements)
3. FIND/READ: TWO (2) Peer-Reviewed/Scholarly Articles on the history of contingent labor in higher education in our library research databases. For search terms, try any or all of the above:
4. WRITE a paragraph summary of your two chosen articles along with the citation information formatted according to MLA style (as in the example below): Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future
5. PRINT OUT your document with citations and summaries of the two articles and bring this document to class, along with your laptop or tablet. (Please let me know via email if you’re unable to bring one) In class: Watching Con Job documentary (2014) |
October 15 Wednesday
| REVIEW: R&W Assignment 9, 10, and 9 3/4. Assigned work to be filled In by teams! I will meet with some of you about individual paper topics
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October 20 Monday
| READ: WWS, “Identifying and Formulating Claims” http://scalar.usc.edu/works/writing-with-substance-/identifying-and-formulating-claims
I will meet with some of you about individual paper topics
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October 22 Wednesday
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Additional Assigned work to be filled In by teams! I will meet with some of you about individual paper topics
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October 27 Monday
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Additional Assigned work to be filled In by teams! Some class time devoted to individual paper topics |
October 29 Wednesday
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Additional Assigned work to be filled In by teams! Some class times devoted individual paper topics
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November 3 Monday
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COMPLETE: Collaborative Paper (Assignment 9 ¾) Outlines, due by class start time |
November 5 Wednesday | SUBMIT: Annotated bibliography of some of your POTENTIAL sources for your individual papers (Assignment 9 & 10) & short ¶ or two on your plans for historicizing your topic (Upload to Turnitin Link on Blackboard) |
November 10 Monday
| READ: WWS, “Knowing Teh Rulz (Insofar as there are any”http://scalar.usc.edu/works/writing-with-substance-/teh-rulz-insofar-as-there-are-any
Additional Assigned work to be filled In by teams! |
November 12 Wednesday
November 13 Last day to file the Repeat Course form
Last day to withdraw from an individual course |
COMPLETE: Draft of Collaborative Paper “R&W Assignment 9¾” on Google Docs (In-Class: Time for Individual Work on Assignment 9)
In Class: Revision & Peer Review Session
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November 17 Monday
| COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 9 Draft (follow directions therein for submission requirements) In-Class: Peer Review
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November 19 Wednesday | COMPLETE: R&W Assignment 9 Final Draft (follow directions for Final Draft submission) NEW DATE: FRIDAY NOV. 21 by 6PM
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November 24 Monday
| Conversion day- ALL classes follow a FRIDAY schedule NO CLASS Read: REVISION & Comments on Assignment 9 3/4 |
November 26 Wednesday | Thanksgiving Break NO CLASS Work on Assignment 10 on your Own |
December 1 Monday
| Read: Comments on Assignment 9 & 9¾ In-Class: Revisions on Assignment 9 ¾ ; goals for Assignment 10
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December 3 Wednesday | Complete: Report on Assignment 10 In-Class: Final Revisions on Assignment 9 ¾; work on Assignment 10.
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December 8 Monday
| Read: Comments on Assignment 9 ¾ Complete: Report on Assignment 10 In-Class: work on Assignment 10; individual public reports on contributions to Assignment 9 ¾; group member evaluations; course evaluations.
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December 10 Wednesday | Last day to completely withdraw for all courses - for Undergraduate students. Tie up loose ends, individual meetings
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December 12 Friday | Snow/Study/Reading day for Undergraduate classes only. |
December 15-20 Mon-Sat | Final exams for all classes. Your Final Draft of Assignment 10 is due on the scheduled date of the exam. (we will meet for presentations of your research!) |