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Schedule

F 12

 

 

Wk#

Date

Assignments

Lecture Topic

(Instructor: E = Engineering, P = Presentation, W = Writing)

1

H

23

Aug

Assigned: E-mail, Proposed ECE Current Topic

Course Intro, procedures, Sr. projects (E, P, W), Doing research, reading tech articles (E), Writing email (W)

 

 

 

 

Assigned: Research Paper, ECE Current Topic

In Class:  Doing Research

2

H

30

 

 

Using the Library (Guest presenter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

H

6

Sep

Assigned: PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

Evaluating technical articles (E), IEEE citation format (W)

 

 

 

 

Due:  E-mail, Proposed ECE Current Topic

In Class:  Critically evaluate—examples of technical papers

4

H

13

 

 

Resume and cover letter writing (W)

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Class:  Write—paragraph of cover letter

5

H

20

 

Assigned: Resume & Cover Letter

Writing instruction (W)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                            

6

H

27

 

 

Preparing and delivering technical presentations (P),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

H

4

Oct

Due:  Research Paper, ECE Current Topic (1st version)  [due 2 wks before PPT]

Critical listening and feedback, evaluating presentations (P)

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

H

11

 

 

FALL BREAK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

H

18

 

Due:  Resume and Cover Letter (1st version)

 

 

 

 

 

Present:  PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

In Class:  Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

10

H

25

 

Present:  PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

Feedbk Resumes/Cover Letters (W)

 

 

 

 

Due:  Research Paper, ECE Current Topic (final version)  [due 1 wk after PPT]

In Class:  Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

11

H

1

Nov

Present:  PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Class:  Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

12

H

8

 

Present:  PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Class:  Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

13

H

15

 

 

Interviewing (presented by Career Center)

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Class:  Mock interview

14

H

22

 

 

THANKSGIVING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

H

29

 

 

Clinics (Steve Blair)

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Class:  Evaluate—CLEAR

16

H

6

Dec

Present:  PowerPoint, ECE Current Topic

Feedback on presentations (P)

 

 

 

 

Due:  Resume & Cover Letter  (final version)

In Class:  Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations

 

 

 

 

 

Final exam (time to be determined)

 

 

 

 

 

In Class:  Critically evaluate—students' PowerPoint presentations