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F 08    N. Cotter

Syllabus

 

Wk#

Date

Lecture Topic/Assignments (I = Instructor, O = Oral Instructor, W = Writing Instructor)

1

H

28

Aug

Course Intro, procedures (I), Resume and cover letter writing (W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Write—paragraph of cover letter       Assigned: Resume & Cover Letter

 

 

 

 

                                                                                               Assigned: Proposed PPT ECE current topic

2

H

4

Sep

Meeting management and Teaming (O)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Teams assigned for oral summary of technology and video tutorial

 

 

 

 

Due: Resume & Cover Letter (1st draft)     Assigned: Team Agreements
                                                                                            Assigned: Mock meeting, technology summary

3

H

11

 

Feedback on Resumes/Cover Letters (W), Web site design (O), Web site access control (I)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Quiz on oral presentations

 

 

 

 

Due: Team Agreements (1st draft)
Due: Proposed PowerPoint ECE current topic
             Assigned: Web, student home page

4

H

18

 

Oral presentations Quiz results (O), PowerPoint presentations (O)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—mock meeting presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: Mock meeting, technology summary         Assigned: PowerPoint, ECE current topic

5

H

25

 

Using html (I), Critical listening and feedback (O), Example PowerPoint presentations (I)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—example of technical PowerPoint presentation

 

 

 

 

 

6

H

2

Oct

Instructions for presentations (I, O, W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE current topic (students 8 talks/room, CLEAR+peer fdback)

7

H

9

 

Feedback on presentations (I, O, W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE current topic (students 8 talks/room, CLEAR+peer fdback)
Due: Web, student home page

8

H

16

 

FALL BREAK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

H

23

 

Writing an e-mail proposal (W)                      Assigned: E-mail, proposal for technical Poster

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE current topic (students 4 talks/room, CLEAR+peer fdback)
Due: Team Agreements (final draft)

10

H

30

 

Summary speeches (W), Tailoring a tutorial to a technical audience (W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Summarize tech article, Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint ECE current topic (students 4 talks/room, CLEAR+peer fdback)
Due: E-mail, proposal for technical Poster Assigned: Web, student home page, html PPt

11

H

6

Nov

Conflict management (O), Making posters (O)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Role play, Teams sign up with CLEAR to schedule review of video

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE current topic (students 4 talks/room, CLEAR+peer fdback)
Due: Resume & cover letter (final draft)                    Assigned: Technical Poster

12

H

13

 

Present: Mock meeting, technology summary         In Class: Critically evaluate—mock mtngs

 

 

 

 

Present: Mock meeting, technology summary

 

 

 

 

Due: Web, student home page, html PowerPoint ECE current topic

13

H

20

 

Interviewing (presented by Career Center)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Interviewing exercise

 

 

 

 

Due: Technical Poster (prelim version)           Assigned: Web, student home page, html Poster

14

H

27

 

THANKSGIVING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

H

4

Dec

Posters: help session (O, W)

 

 

 

 

Present: Mock meeting, technology summary         In Class: Critically evaluate—mock mtngs

 

 

 

 

Present: Mock meeting, technology summary

16

H

11

 

Present: Technical Poster (final version)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' posters

 

 

 

 

Due: Web, student home page, html technical Poster