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Syllabus

F 11    N. Cotter

 

 

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Date

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

1

H

25

Aug

Course Intro, procedures, Sr. projects (I), Doing research (I, W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Doing Research

 

 

 

 

                                                             Assigned: E-mail, Proposed ECE Current Topic

                                                                                            Assigned: Research Paper, ECE Current Topic

2

H

1

Sep

Using the Library (I)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

H

8

 

Reading and writing technical articles (I)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—examples of technical papers

 

 

 

 

Due: E-mail, Proposed ECE Current Topic Assigned: PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

4

H

15

 

Review Paper Common Errors (I), Teams assigned (I), Writing Team Agreements (W), Meeting management/teaming (O)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Write—team agreements

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                  Assigned: Team Agreements

                                                                                                  Assigned: Poster Preferences

5

H

22

 

Making posters (I, W, O), Resume and cover letter writing (W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Write—paragraph of cover letter

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                  Assigned: Resume & Cover Letter

6

H

29

 

Instructions for presentations (I), PPT presentations (O), Critical listening/feedback (O)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due: Team Agreements (1st version)   Assigned: Edited Poster

7

H

6

Oct

Feedback on team agreements (W), Example PPT presentations (I)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—example of technical PowerPoint presentation

 

 

 

 

Due: Research Paper, ECE Current Topic (1st version)

Due: Poster Preferences

8

H

13

 

FALL BREAK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

H

20

 

Making posters (I, W), Feedbk Research paper on ECE current topic (I, W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

Due: Resume and Cover Letter (1st version)

10

H

27

 

Feedbk Resumes/Cover Letters (W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint ECE Current Topic

Due: Team Agreements (final version)

Due: Edited Poster (1st version)

11

H

3

Nov

Clinics (Steve Blair), Feedback on Posters (I, O, W), Writing emails (W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: E-mail writing errors

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                               Assigned: E-mail, Team Assessment

12

H

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

13

H

17

 

Interviewing (presented by Career Center)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Mock interview

 

 

 

 

Due: Research Paper, ECE Current Topic (final version)

Due: Edited Poster (2nd version)

14

H

24

 

THANKSGIVING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

H

1

Dec

 

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

Due: Resume & Cover Letter (final version)

16

H

8

 

Feedback on presentations (I, O, W)

 

 

 

 

In Class: Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

Present: PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

Due: Edited Poster (final version)

Due: E-mail, Team Assessment