ENGL 250: Course Calendar

Week 1 Aug 24 - Aug 30

Class Activities & Coursework

Concept Icebreaker (0 pts)

Required Reading / Resources

ENGL Textbook Citations, Summaries, Paraphrases, Quote Sandwiches.pdf
Page: Research Journal Entry Examples

Assignments Due

Signed Syllabus (Sep 2) - 1 pt

Week 2 Aug 31 - Sep 6

Class Activities & Coursework

Information Literacy Overview

Required Reading / Resources

Page: Information Literacy Essay Description

Assignments Due

Basic Research Skills Assessment (Sep 8) - 2,500 pts
Basic Research Concepts and Researcher Mindset (Sep 11) - 1 pt
A Primer on Falsifiability (Sep 14) - 1 pt

Week 3 Sep 7 - Sep 13

Class Activities & Coursework

FLITE Library Tour

Assignments Due

Bees! (Sep 18) - 1 pt
Dino Detective (Sep 21) - 1 pt

Week 4 Sep 14 - Sep 20

Class Activities & Coursework

Vibe Code Activity

Required Reading / Resources

Page: Vibe Coding

Assignments Due

HTML Activity (Sep 25) - 1 pt
AI Article Response (Sep 28) - 2 pts

Week 5 Sep 21 - Sep 27

Class Activities & Coursework

Policy Unit Introduction

Required Reading / Resources

Page: Policy Memo Essay Description

Assignments Due

Foreign Affairs/Public Policy Introduction (Oct 2) - 1 pt
Burback Response (Oct 5) - 2 pts

Week 6 Sep 28 - Oct 4

Assignments Due

Fukushima Documentary Activities (Oct 9) - 1 pt

Week 7 Oct 5 - Oct 11

Required Reading / Resources

Page: Research Proposal Essay Description

Assignments Due

Midterm Portfolio (Oct 15) - 2,500 pts
Methodology Overview (Oct 16) - 1 pt
Correlation Activity (Oct 19) - 2 pts

Week 8 Oct 12 - Oct 18

Notice

Fall Break - No Classes - Midterm Grades

Week 9 Oct 19 - Oct 25

Assignments Due

Qualitative Research (Oct 30) - 2 pts
Where Research Begins: Interest, Boredom, and Naive Questions (Nov 2) - 1 pt

Week 10 Oct 26 - Nov 1

Class Activities & Coursework

Conferences (0 pts)

Assignments Due

Prewriting Activities (Nov 6) - 1 pt

Week 11 Nov 2 - Nov 8

Class Activities & Coursework

Lecture: True Crime, Identity, and Deviance

Required Reading / Resources

Page: Archival Research Essay Description
In Cold Blood Introduction

Week 12 Nov 9 - Nov 15

Required Reading / Resources

In Cold Blood and The Red Parts

Assignments Due

In Cold Blood Week One (Nov 23) - 1 pt

Week 13 Nov 16 - Nov 22

Required Reading / Resources

Compulsion (1959 film)
In Cold Blood and Compulsion

Assignments Due

In Cold Blood Week Two (Nov 27) - 1 pt

Week 14 Nov 23 - Nov 29

Class Activities & Coursework

Lecture: Capote and His Contemporaries

Assignments Due

In Cold Blood Week Three (Dec 4) - 1 pt

Week 15 Nov 30 - Dec 6

Class Activities & Coursework

Conferences 2 (0 pts)

Assignments Due

Class Review Quiz (12 pts)
Endterm Portfolio (Dec 14) - 2,500 pts