CSUN English 155: Tentative Schedule
The following tentative schedule includes readings from all three texts:
- Composing Cyberspace aka CC
- Rules of Thumb aka RoT
Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and response (online journal) of CC readings are due online before the day we are to discuss the reading in class. Readings from ROT and WO are given as background for that week's work.
Last revised 15 May 05
- Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
Feb 1 - 3
- Tues: Syllabus/ phone/email list/ contract / interviews /
- Thurs: FAQs / In class timed writing
- Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
Feb 8 - 10
- Tues: Intros / Rubric / self evaluations
- Thurs: Lab -- class mailing list -- bring student ID and PIN
- Week 3: (Virtual Communities)
Feb 15 - 17
- Tues: Bruckman (CC)
- Thurs: Lab -- setting up personal spaces / practice discussion / Rheingold (CC)
- Week 4 (Global Village)
Feb 22 - 24
- Tues: Global Village selection (CC)
- Thurs: e-democracy selection (CC)
- Week 5 (Issues in the Media)
Mar 1 - 3
- Tues: Media article selection
- Thurs: Lab -- Short Write / topic generation / paper assignment
- Week 6 (paper topics)
Mar 8 - 10
- Tues: ROT 61-83 / topic and development workshop / draft w proposal
w/initial outline / Discuss novels
- Thurs: Paper #1 ROT 84-86 / Paper #1 Workshop organization and development
novels -- Discuss genre features
- Week 7 (revision)
Mar 15 - 17
- Tues: ROT: 92-96, 26-37, Editing Workshop / vague pronoun usage ROT:
review MLA format / proofreading and editing
- Thurs: NO CLASS -- Paper #1 DUE online by Tuesday 3/22 either on the
MOOlist or by email.
- Spring Break
Mar 21 - 25
- Week 8 (Short stories and the pentad)
Mar 28 - 31
- T: Turn in folder with ddrafts and self eval for paper #1
- T: Discuss Forster's "Air Ship" and Shirley's "Wolves of the
Plateau."(CC)
- Thurs: No CLASS
- Week 9 (Genre -- Utopias / Distopias)
Apr 5 - 7
- Tues: Gibson "Johnny Mnemonic." (CC) / genre features
- Thurs: The Matrix
- Week 10 (Identity, The Matrix and Novels)
Apr 12 - 14
- Tues
- Thurs The Matrix
- Week 11 (Utopias / Dystopias)
Apr 19 - 21
- Tues: Paper Assignment / Brainstorm topic generation/ (CC)
In-class, Timed writing
- Thurs: Lab: Barry / Rough draft due COPY TO ME: development workshop
- Week 12 (revision)
Apr 26 - 28
- Tues: Discuss Laurel (CC) / workshop paper #2
- Thurs: Lab: Reddy (CC)/ Branham "Student's Guide to the
Internet." Annotated Bibliographies
- Week 13 (research)
May 3 - 5
- Tues: Workshop paper #2
- Thurs: Paper #2 due with all drafts, worksheets, and self
evals in a pocket folder
#1 annotated bib (5 web sources)due / paper #3 assignment
- Week 14 (Research)
May 10 - 12
- Tues: Workshop Section I and II/ review portfolio requirements
- Thurs: Lab -- Section II and III / cover letter
- Week 15 (Research)
May 17 - 19
- Tues: Full drafts of research paper for editing workshop
- Thurs: Portfolios due / in-class essay for portfolio
- Final Exam:
pick up portfolios.
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