Senior/Capstone Essay/Project:   Schedule

(Mondays, 6:00-9:40 p.m.)

Date

Activities, Assignments, What to Bring

Where?  Who's Coming?
9/10  Submit before you leave: Warning’s outline. Warning’s one-sentence summary. 122 Cohn, attendance required
9/17 Submit by today tentative choice of your topic and a rough outline.

Today in class: write, print and submit to class instructor one paragraph: My hopes and fears for this class.

Bring 2-3 blank, IBM-formatted, computer diskettes and your ONECARD

Last day to drop class and get your money back

Lab C, UG Library attendance required
9/24   Guest Speakers: ISP Graduates (Irene Bazan-Waller, David F. Nied)

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Read Dave's biography

122 Cohn, attendance required
10/1 Submit revised title and outline

Divide class into eqaul groups A and B

Sign up today for at least one consultation:

  • 10/8, optional
  • 10/15, Group A
  • 10/22, Group B
  • 10/29, optional
Guest Speaker: Author Rainelle Burton

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Read an Interview with Rainelle Burton

122 Cohn, attendance required
10/8   122 Cohn (optional consultations, if interested, reserve a 45-min slot by phone or e-mail)
10/15   122 Cohn (Required consultations, Group A)
10/22   122 Cohn (Required consultations, Group B)
10/29 Captsone Students:  Last chance to contact an examiner and schedule a meeting for the three of us.  A choice of any faculty or academic advisor in the ISP, or any faculty at any higher education institution, does not require my approval.  Other choices (e.g., a free-lance painter) need my approval.  Lab C, UG Library (optional consultations and information- accessing tutorial, reserve a 30-min slot by phone or e-mail)
11/5 Submit a 1000-word (minimum) review of a key book you read in your area (for sample book reviews, please consult this link)

Prepare:   A 10-minute progress  report for your project, to be followed by a 10-minute mock oral examination

122 Cohn,

Attendance required for Group A

11/12 Submit a 1000-word (minimum) review of a key book you read in your area (for sample book reviews, please consult this link)

Prepare:   A 10-minute progress report of your project, to be followed by a 10-minute mock oral examination

122 Cohn,

Attendance required for Group B

11/19 Capstone Students:  Submit first draft of your essay or project to both examiner and instructor.  Sign up for an individual consultation on 11/26 with class instructor and arrange an individual consultation with examiner.

Senior Essay Students: Submit first 20 pages of your essay, or about 1/3 of your creative project, to class instructor and to both examiners. Sign up for an individual consultation on 12/3 with class instructor and arrange an individual consultation with at least one examiner.

Location to be Determined: Optional Consultations
11/26   122 Cohn.  Individual sessions with Capstone students; Capstone orals begin this week
12/3   122 Cohn.  Individual sessions with Senior Essay students

Capstone Orals Cont.

12/10-

12/20

  Capstone Orals Cont.

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