Revised Spring 2020 – Class Schedule
*F2F = face-to-face
| Date | Location | Before Class | In-Class |
| Monday,
Jan. 27 |
F2F | · Course Introduction
· Diagnostic Essay· |
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| Wednesday,
Jan. 29 |
F2F | · Review course site and syllabus
· Sign-up for CUNY Academic Commons · Complete Mindset Survey https://forms.gle/UgfeHJzEyYTT14Ld6 |
· Syllabus Review
· Overview of Writing for the Social Sciences |
| Monday,
Feb. 3 |
F2F | · Read “The Role of the Behavioral Scientist in the Civil Rights Movement” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
· Complete Writing Pre-Assessment Survey |
· Review Essay #1 Assignment
· Peer Interviews |
| Wednesday,
Feb. 5 |
F2F | · Read Fieldworking Ch. 1 pg. 1-18
· ESSAY #1 INFORMANT DESCRIPTION DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Defining Culture, Fieldwork, and Ethnography |
| Monday,
Feb. 10 |
F2F | · Read “A Report from Occupied Territory” by James Baldwin
· DISCUSSION POST #1 DUE |
· Discuss Baldwin
· Engaging the Ethnographic Perspective · Interview Strategies & Techniques |
| Wednesday, Feb. 12 |
College Closed
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| Monday,
Feb. 17 |
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| Wednesday,
Feb. 19 |
F2F | · Read Fieldworking Ch. 5 pg. 219-238, Ch. 6 pg. 271-274
· ESSAY #1 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Observing Body Language · Peer Review: Interview Questions· |
| Monday,
Feb. 24 |
F2F | · Read Fieldworking Ch 2 pg. 55-65; Ch 5 pg 264-266
· ESSAY #1 INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Using Character, Setting, and Theme to Create a Verbal Portrait · Field Writing, Point of View and Rhetoric |
| Wednesday,
Feb. 26 |
Online | · Read “The Hustlers at Scores” by Jessica Pressler
· DISCUSSION POST #2 DUE |
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| Monday,
Mar. 2 |
F2F | · Read Fieldworking Ch 8 pg 353-371
· ESSAY #1 FIRST DRAFT DUE |
· Peer Review: Essay #1 First Draft· |
| Wednesday,
Mar. 4 |
Online | · Re-read each group members draft and take notes on the writer’s main strengths and weaknesses.
· Post peer review worksheets to Bb no later than Wednesday, March 4th at 11:59pm. |
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| Monday,
Mar. 9 |
F2F | · ESSAY #1 FINAL DRAFT + REFLECTION DUE | · Review Essay #2 Assignment
· Exploratory Writing |
| Wednesday,
Mar. 11 |
Online | · Read Fieldworking, Ch. 3 pg. 140-157
· DISCUSSION POST #3 DUE |
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| Monday,
Mar. 16 |
F2F | · Read Fieldworking, Ch 2 pg 66-71, pg. 80-84
· ESSAY #2 SUBJECT DESCRIPTION DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Notetaking Strategies · Double Entry Fieldnotes · Researching Online Communities· |
| Wednesday,
Mar. 18 |
Online | · Read Fieldworking, Ch 3 pg 101-117
· DISCUSSION POST #4 DUE · |
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| Monday,
Mar. 23 |
F2F | · Read Fieldworking, Ch. 2, pg. 86-99, Ch. 6 pg. 276-282
· ESSAY #2 OBSERVATION FIELD NOTES DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Positioning Yourself · Questioning Your Field Notes · Using Insider Language in your Writing |
| Wednesday,
Mar. 25 |
F2F | · ESSAY #2 FIRST DRAFT DUE | · Peer Review: Essay #2 First Draft |
| Monday,
Mar. 30 |
Class Cancelled – Individual Conferences by appointment only
· Re-read each group member’s draft and take notes on the writer’s main strengths and weaknesses. · Post peer review comments to Bb no later than Wednesday, April 1st at 11:59pm. |
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| Wednesday,
Apr. 1 |
Class Cancelled – Individual Conferences by appointment only | ||
| Monday,
Apr. 6 |
F2F | · Read Fieldworking, Ch 8 pg 379-382
· ESSAY #2 FINAL DRAFT + REFLECTION DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Review Essay #3 Assignment · Accessing CCNY Academic Databases · What makes a good research question?· |
| Tuesday,
Apr. 7 |
Online | Classes follow Wednesday schedule
· Read “Coming up with a Research Question” by Kathryn Kinmond · ESSAY #3 RESEARCH TOPIC REFLECTION DUE |
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| Wednesday,
Apr. 8 |
Spring Recess |
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| Monday,
Apr. 13 |
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| Wednesday, Apr.15 | |||
| Monday,
Apr. 20 |
F2F | · Review Tips for Identifying Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals and Identifying And Reading Scholarly Works Handouts
· REPORT ON RESEARCH IN PROGRESS DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Peer Review: Research in Progress · Workshop: The Annotated Bibliography |
| Wednesday, Apr. 22 | F2F | · Read How to Write a Literature Review Paper? by Bert Van Wee & David Banister
· ESSAY #3 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Workshop: Writing a Literature Review |
| Monday,
Apr. 27 |
F2F | · Read “Writers on Revising” by Joe Moxley
· ESSAY #3 FIRST DRAFT DUE |
· Discuss reading
· Essay #3 Peer Review · Revision Workshop |
| Wednesday, Apr. 29 | Online | · Re-read each group member’s draft and take notes on the writer’s main strengths and weaknesses.
· Post peer review worksheets to Bb no later than Wednesday, April 29th at 11:59pm. |
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| Monday,
May 4 |
F2F | · Watch Kimberlé Crenshaw “The Urgency of Intersectionality”
· ESSAY #3 FINAL DRAFT + REFLECTION DUE |
· Public Speaking
· Review Essay #4 Assignment · Workshop: Academic Commons |
| Wednesday,
May 6 |
Online | · Read “Why I Write” by George Orwell
· DISCUSSION POST #5 DUE |
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| Monday,
May 11 |
F2F | · Sign-up for Oral Report
· ORAL REPORT REFLECTION DUE |
· Class Surveys
· Oral Reports – Part I |
| Wednesday, May 13 | F2F | · Complete Writing Post-Assessment Survey· | Last Day of Classes
· Oral Reports Part II · Review Portfolio and Self-Assessment |
| Monday,
May 18 |
· ESSAY #4 DUE | ||
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