Our Schedule is subject to revision as the term progresses.
Week I – Introductions
August 26
- Getting to Know Each Other (COHORT I, 11-11:35; COHORT II, 11:40-12:15)
- Surveying the Course Landscape a Bit
- For Next Class
- Complete Profile & Video Introduction Assignment (30 minutes or less)
- Watch Carol Dweck’s TED Talk & Complete Fixed/Growth Mindset Assignment (45 minutes)
- Review SASC Study Snippets Workshop Schedule; Sign up for at least two – Cripps recommends Active Reading, ePortfolio, Science if in a science course, Study Cycle, Note-taking, or Test Strategies (10 minutes or less)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 1 (30 minutes or less)
Starting Project One – Settling In & Setting Goals: Personal, Extracurricular, Academic
Week II – Mindsets, ePortfolio, & Extracurriculars
WOO HOO! No Cohorting Needed.
August 31
- Discussing Dweck & Fixed/Growth Mindset – practicing active reading, seminar discussion
- Surveying the Course More – getting familiar
- Quick Assists on ePortfolio
- For Next Class
- Post Fixed/Growth Mindset assignment to ePortfolio (blog post)
- Get Caught Up if you Missed something Due for 8/31 (consider this a second chance!)
Read Sanford Ungar, “7 Major Misperceptions about the Liberal Arts” (link)Read UNE’s Core Handbook (link)Complete Reading Questions for Ungar & for the Core Handbook (60 minutes)Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 2 (30 minutes or less)
September 2
- Discussing Dweck & Fixed/Growth Mindset – practicing active reading, seminar discussion
Surveying the Course More – getting familiar- Dialing in ePortfolio a bit more
- For Next Class (Due by September 7)
- Read Jeffrey Scheuer, “Critical Thinking and the Liberal Arts”
- Read selections from UNE’s Core Handbook (link) (Read Parts I, II, III)
- Complete Reading Questions for Scheuer & for the Core Handbook (120 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 2 (30 minutes or less)
Week III – The Liberal Arts & General Education (Scheuer, Ungar, Core Handbook)
September 7
- Discussing Scheuer & the Core Handbook
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Sanford Ungar, “7 Major Misperceptions about the Liberal Arts” (link, available on campus) *You can also go to the UNE Library Webpage and type in the title to get the article.* – 30 minutes
- Read More of the Core Handbook – (Read and annotate Parts VI, VII & Appendix A) – 30 minutes
- Complete Reading Questions on Scheuer, Ungar, and the Core Handbook
- Begin Goal Setting Activity Assignment
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
September 9
- Discussing Scheuer & the Core Handbook
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Ken Bain, “Curiosity and the Endless Education” (e-reserve)
- Complete Reading Questions for Bain
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Continue Goal Setting Activity Assignment
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 3 (30 minutes or less)
Week IV – Goal Setting: Relating Self to Community & to Texts
Meet with our Writing Fellow this week or next!
September 14
- Discussing Bain and Goals
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Project Assignment – Two Paragraph-like Units – Personal Goals and Academic Goals
- Begin Project One (Drafts Due by September 21)
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Schedule Writing Fellow meeting & Complete Post on ePortfolio
September 16
- Discussing Bain and Goals
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Project One Drafts Due by September 21
- Schedule Writing Fellow meeting & Complete Post on ePortfolio
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 4 (30 minutes or less)
Week V – Shaping Project One – Workshopping, Sharing, Relating
Meet with our Writing Fellow if you have not yet done so
September 21 – Workshop on Project One
- Workshopping Project One
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Schedule Writing Fellow meeting & Complete Post on ePortfolio
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
September 23 – Project One, Final Draft Due
- Workshopping Project One
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Schedule Writing Fellow meeting & Complete Post on ePortfolio
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 5 (30 minutes or less)
- Read Coates, Between the World and Me (pp. 1-39)
Practicing Active Reading & Discussion as Academic & Personal Development – Race, Diversity, Inclusion in the US
Week VI – Between the World and Me, Part I
September 28
- Discussing Coates
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Coates, pp. 39-72
- Complete Reading Questions on Coates
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 5 (30 minutes or less)
September 30
- Discussing Coates
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Coates, pp. 72-99
- Complete Reading Questions on Coates
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 6 (30 minutes or less)
Week VII – Between the World and Me, Part II
October 5
- Discussing Coates
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Coates, pp. 99-132
- Complete Reading Questions on Coates
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
October 7
- Discussing Coates
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Coates, pp. 135-152
- Complete Reading Questions on Coates
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 7 (30 minutes or less)
Week VIII – Between the World and Me, Part III
October 12
- Discussing Coates & Eyes on the Prize
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Coates, pp. 99-132
- Watch Duckworth’s TED Talk, “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” and print/read the transcript (online)
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
October 14
- Discussing Coates & Eyes on the Prize
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Bain, “Learning How to Embrace Failure” (e-reserve)
- Complete Reading Questions on Bain & Duckworth
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 8 (30 minutes or less)
Midterm Reporting, Successes and Challenges, Next Steps
Week IX – Grit and Adversity – Bain, Duckworth, and Midterm Reporting
Great Week to Engage Beyond Class – Get at least one Enrichment Event in!
October 19 – Discuss Bain, Duckworth, and College Learning Experiences
- Discussing Bain, Duckworth, and College Learning at Midterm
- Bring the Activities to the Table!
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Ernest Boyer, “The Enriched Major” (e-reserve)
- Complete Reading Questions on Boyer
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 9 (30 minutes or less)
October 21 – Discuss Bain, Duckworth, and College Learning Experiences
- Discussing Bain, Duckworth, and College Learning at Midterm
- Bring the Activities to the Table!
- Post-class Reflection
- For Next Class
- Read Ernest Boyer, “The Enriched Major” (e-reserve)
- Complete Reading Questions on Boyer
- Absent Students Only – Respond to 3 Peers’ Reading Responses & Post-Class Reflections (60 minutes)
- Complete Audio Journal Entry, Week 9 (30 minutes or less)
Project 2 – Major Exploration
Week X – Boyer’s Enriched Major
October 26 – Boyer’s Enriched Major and Our Major Ideas
October 28 – Relating the Enriched Major to Liberal Learning
Week XI – Sharing Ideas for a Major, Collecting Curricula and Outcomes
November 2 – Collect, Share, Discuss Results from Major Exploration Scavenger Hunt for Curricula & Outcomes
November 4 – Workshopping Interview Questions
Week XII – Interviewing Faculty & “Writing” Up Findings
November 9 – Reports from the Field, Cohort I – Where are we? What are we discovering?
November 11 Reports from the Field, Cohort II – Where are we? What are we discovering?
PROJECT TWO due Friday, November 13
Project Three – Taking Stock and Looking Ahead with ePortfolio & a College Story Podcast
Week XIII – ePortfolio Big Picture, with Nuts & Bolts for All
November 16 – ePortfolio as “Living Medium” – Big Picture and Nuts/Bolts on ePortfolio & Podcast
November 18 – ePortfolio as “Living Medium” – Big Picture and Nuts/Bolts on ePortfolio & Podcast
Week XIV – Thanksgiving Week! All in Zoom on Monday.
November 23 – Telling a Story (Self as Narrator; Self as Subject) Cohort I & II together (again, at last !)
Week XV – Bringing Home the ePortfolio and College Story Podcast
November 30 – College Stories
December 2 – College Stories