CSUN: English 305OL Tentative Schedule
The following tentative schedule includes readings from:
- Presence of Others AKA POO
- Rules of Thumb AKA ROT
Please check back for changes and updates. Complete all readings by due dates. Summary and
responses (journal) of POO readings are due in the moodle as indicated.
Readings from ROT may be given as background for that week's work. Additional readings and/or
substitutions announced on class webpage and on the moodle.
This schedule is tentative and will be updated in the moodle. This is a
general outline of what work to expect
over
the course of the semester. Online class weeks are scheduled from Monday
to Sunday. Assignments occur throughout the week, so check moodle often.
Last revised Jan '18
- Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
Jan 22 - 28
- Syllabus/ various introductory assignments in canvas
- Online: timed writing essay
- Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
Jan 30 - Feb 5
- online: Intros
- skim preface materials in POO (xxv-43).
- Fri: in-class - Discuss "The Idea of a University." Newman (POO)
- Week 3: (Education)
Feb 6 - 12
- Online: Discuss "Lives on the Boundary." Rose
- In-class: Discuss student article choice (POO)
- Assign paper #1 / set up groups
- Week 4 (Education)
Feb 13 - 19
- Online: Workshop for topic and development
- In-class workshop organization and development
- Nominate and choose articles (4) from Cultural Myth section
- Week 5 (revision)
Feb 20 - 26
- Online: Pinzon photo essay discussion list
- Read Pinzon photo essay (POO) - discuss on list
- In-class: Editing workshop / review MLA format (ROT)
- In-class: set up collection - paper 1 due
- Paper #1 Final draft due online with working drafts and workshop feedback from
partners
- Week 6 (revision)
Feb 27 - Mar 5
- Online: Discuss Myth reading TBA
- In-Class: Discuss Myth reading TBA
- Week 7 (Cultural Myths)
Mar 6 - 12
- Online: Discuss Myth reading TBA
- In-Class: Discuss Myth reading TBA
- Week 8 (Cultural Myths)
Mar 13 - 19
- Online: timed writing proposal / assign a-bib
- Online: Choose novel
- In-class: workshop proposal
- In-Class: assign Research paper - form groups
Spring Break - Mar 20 - 26
- Week 9
Mar 27 - Apr 2
- Online: "This I Believe." short write assignment
- In-class workshop one source for a-bib
- Week 10
Apr 3 - 9
- Online: Discuss Mayr handout
- In class: Discuss LeGuin handout
- In-class: workshop draft annobib
- Week 11
Apr 10 - 16
- Online: Discuss Bishop. "Enemies of Promise."
- In class: novel groups
- In class: Workshop myth paper
- Week 12
Apr 17 - 23
- Online: science article "Science Matters"
- In class workshop research
- Week 13 (Writing about Science and Literature)
Apr 24 - 30
- Myth paper due
- Watch The Matrix 0r District 9
- Form groups for last paper (science)
- Week 14
May 1 - 7
- Timed essay on novel / one of the movies
- Paper assignment science / literature
- Week 15
May 11
- Online: Workshop science paper
- Online: Final timed writing essay
- In-class final edit workshop / check portfolio
- Final day of class: May 11
- Science paper collection due May 11.