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Senior Seminar: Communication Studies ~ COST 5899 --- MW: 3:30-4:45 ~
COURSE SYLLABUS - proficiency version updated 5/3/16 |
DR. E. PLUMMER ------- Department of Communication {office: FH-51} / {mailbox: FH-45} {voicemail: 973-275-2791} {e-mail: evelyn.plummer@shu.edu or plummeev@shu.edu }
{ Faculty web page: http://pirate.shu.edu/~plummeev }
Shortcut to Course Calendar [or just scroll down
Shortcut to AOC worksheet [also linked to week 2]
Shortcut to List of Linked Articles [or just scroll down to table below calendar]
Shortcut to Chapter Discussion Leader assignments
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
- This course is the capstone experience for students in the Communication/Communication Studies track - with a general objective of developing, synthesizing, and applying methods and tools of intellectual inquiry.
- Students are encouraged to continue their research interests from previous courses and to incorporate related work from COMM 2135 [Communication Research Strategies] and COMM 3640 [Rhetorical Criticism]. However, you cannot resubmit work from a prerequisite course in order to satisfy an assignment in this senior seminar.
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Satisfying "Proficiencies":
A Seton Hall University
Reading/Writing-intensive
course will include a significant amount of formal and informal writing, several
hours of academic and professional reading per week, all contributing to at
least one-third of the total course grade.
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In reference to
Information Fluency,
all class activities & presentation assignments are
designed to enhance the students abilities to find, analyze, and incorporate
information as well as develop their own research processes and strategies.
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COURSE GOALS:
1. to provide an introduction to the research literature in Communication Studies
2. to provide an introduction to tools and techniques of communication research within the humanistic tradition
3. to provide an opportunity to conduct original research and present your findings
4. to provide a forum for discussion and analysis of contemporary issues in communication research
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TEXTBOOK:
Communication Research Methods, 3rd ed. - Gerianne Merrigan & Carole L. Huston, Oxford University Press, NY
Additional reading materials will
be made available via professor's online webpage, Blackboard, and/or eReserves.
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS: {also see linked pages below}
1. Understanding, Analysis, and Application of the material covered in the text and/or lecture notes.
2. Regular attendance and participation in class & activities
3. Written Assessments (1-2 Tests / 3-4 online quizzes)
4. Completion of a major Research Paper, including an accompanying Literature Review , a Research Proposal Plan and 2-3 Oral Presentations based on the written projects. click these links or scroll to end for brief overviews. The full assignment pages are linked below within the Course Calendar & also via shortcuts located on Professor's main webpage.
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EVALUATION PROCEDURE:
* Literature Review | 10% |
* Research Proposal | 5% |
* "Classwork" [[including Abstracts / Attendance / Chapter Discussion / Additional mini-presentations] | 15% |
* Research Paper/Presentation | 35% |
* Online quizzes [3-4 scheduled] | 10% |
* Written Tests (2 scheduled) | 25% |
click for "Summary: Departmental 'Senior Seminar Grading Criteria'" |
There
will be few (IF ANY) opportunities for make-up work, and late
submissions may not be read.
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Also refer to the additional relevant documents linked in the frame at the left of Professor's main webpage:
(concerning plagiarism, grading criteria, disabilities policy, commonly used abbreviations; preliminary source citations style sheet; ; etc.)
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COURSE CALENDAR {subject to change via updates to this online version; stay tuned!}
1. The following calendar grid lists the dates of the units of study and the accompanying readings & links to certain assignments. Additional written assignments, oral activities, worksheets, computer projects, etc. WILL be added HERE on AN ONGOING basis.
2. This is a seminar, therefore classroom time will be primarily devoted to the clarification, exploration, and discussion of the issues generated by the readings and students' research. In other words, class sessions will be based on your readings and research, but will not simply "rehash" the same exact material in a verbatim manner. You can be better prepared for the classroom activities & discussions if you keep up on your readings.
It is the student's responsibility to be prepared for class by anticipating the units and discussion assignments. NB: Some updates and specifications also may be distributed via e-mail and/or Professor's web page.
WEEK OF...
S16-MW
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UNIT_OF STUDY |
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wk1: 1/11
& 1/13 |
>Introduction to Research Culture; Discussion:
What have I learned? What do I need
to know? What do I want to know?
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♦ Chapter
1
[intro resrch.cult] -
ASAP
♦ Complete this assignment.: "What do you know??? I AM already a researcher" [ due for discussion on 1/13 (no submission).
♦ With your partner, begin completing this assignment.: [ due for h.c. submission on _[1/20]_"Assessing Your Investigative 'Know-How' " |
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LINKED ARTICLES:
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wk2: ___ & 1/20
{add/drp ends 1/19} |
>The Communication Field and its
Sub-Disciplines; Basic Concepts & Terminology; Epistemology
>Research
Topics; Research Questions
[What should I
research?]
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♦ Chapter
2 [pardgm-knowing]
♦Area-Of-Curiosity
worksheet due asap
by EMAIL
I AM already a researcher"
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LINKED ARTICLES:( to be assigned as
time allows) |
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to be addressed throughout the semester | Be prepared to discuss: The Role of bias in research (e.g. ways in which studies are structured; ways that researchers' bias is reinforced; what are my own biases?) See worksheet:Research Formats-Arguments-Ethics | ||
wk3: 1/25 & 1/27 |
>1/25:Scholarly Literature on Communication Studies;
Research Ethics
>1/27: NO FORMAL CLASS; independent work on Lit Review &/or online quiz; mandatory conference meetings with Professor about your A-O-C. Be sure you have signed up for a specific slot
Sign up for Individual Conference appointment via emailed meeting schedule in-class sign-up sheet.*
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♦ Chapter
4 [mkg claims]
♦ Read the Project-Timeline Schematic
♦ Begin preparing for your stint as a as Discussion Leader
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Online Quiz #1 due by Friday-
Available via Blackboard site only. |
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LINKED ARTICLES:( to be assigned as
time allows) Nomophobia, study & overview article |
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*AOC Conference info: <click for appt schedule> page to be updated
(1)
any questions you have for me about the details of the specific
projects
(2)
a clear conception of the areas of human
communication that interest you the most
(3) a list (tentative or definite) of at least 3 possible specific
project topics you might
select.
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wk4: 2/1 & 2/3 |
2/1: >Teamwork on "Refresher" worksheets ( including BIAS / RQ vs H / Selecting Comm Data)
>Formulating a research question / hypothesis
>Sources
of Communication Data
Literature Review Presentations
(beginning 2/3. as works-in-progress
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♦ Lit. Review -Oral Presentation (4-5 minutes) begin 2/1 / written submission due n.l.t. 2/5 via email. [click for link to assignment page]
♦ Chapter
5
[comm data]
♦ tent: Chapter
6
[warrants]
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wk5: 2/8 & 2/10
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if necessary, complete Lit Rev Presentations
> Principles of collecting, capturing & measuring
communication
data accdg to Paradigms
A. Survey Research 2/8
B. Experimental Research
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review
Chapter
5
[comm
data]
♦ Chapter
13 [survey]
♦ Chapter
14
[exprmt]
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read ASAP: Frey, et al. Chapter 3 & 15 [ on Ereserve} // AVAILABLE VIA "Library Resources" SECTION IN BLACKBOARD. tent: Go To: http://www.shu.edu/academics/libraries/course-reserves.cfm for access instructions |
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wk6: 2/15[Pres Day] & 2/17 |
if nec. complete Experimental method chapter snapshot)
Lit Review Presentation ( Mike H.)
C. "Text"ual Analysis
2/15
(Content, Rhetorical,
Conversation Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Narrative, Performance, )
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♦ Chapter12
[content]
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LINKED ARTICLES:
If this link doesn't work, try copying & pasting address into your browser which should take you to the introductory page.
-Also try selecting "Archives" in the menu on the right. Select Volume 3, Issue 2, 2009 Skim articles by Cockett, Jarmon, & at least one other.
- Take a look at the video which is in Youtube [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5T6UIvjgeY] |
to accompany Chapters 12 & 8 |
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wk7:
2/22 & 2/24 |
One Lit Review Presentation ( Vince L.)
D. Ethnography
E. Historical Research
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♦ Chapter
7
[ethno]
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*Pre-Proposal Conference info:
<click for appt sched.
reminder>
You should come prepared with: (1) any questions you have for me about the details of the research proposal written submission [ due next class]. In preparation, be sure to carefully read the assignment page linked to the course calendar (2) a clearly phrased RQ/Hypo (3) your planned methodology & how it corresponds to your "philosophical paradigm" . Please be aware that your oral presentation of your research proposal to your mini-group in class will also need to explain the details of how you will carry out your methodology. |
complete the "3-way C.A." team activity[available in hard copy only], tentative: online
quiz; independent work on Research Proposal, |
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2/29 - 3/6 |
Spring
Break |
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3/7 |
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wk8: 3/7 & 3/9 |
E. Rhetorical Criticism, part 1 Short Class on 3/7 : Ethnography team presentations Pre-proposal Meetings with professor [ click for link to schedule-or scroll down]
3/9: Research Proposal Presentations - via small group sessions
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♦
Proposal
due 3/9( written AND Oral)
[click for link to assignment page]
-------------------------------------------- ♦ Chapter 9 [rhet crit] ---------------------------------------------- - |
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wk9:
3/14 & 3/16 |
3/14: CLASS MEETS AS NORMAL but Regular-Office- hours conference meetings should be scheduled as needed. ---------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------- if possible, Complete/BIAS worksheet
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♦ Chapter
10
[crit stdpt 1][Additional readings TBD &
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wk10: 3/21 & 3/23 |
Revisiting Validity and Reliability - what does that really mean? {incl. issues of researcher bias} ------------------------------------------- if necessary: Revisit Validity/Reliability:
Anna Deveare Smith:
or Practice of Public Meetings: 3/18: Validity & Reliability in Omaha J_____ + _____ + _____ + _______>>Laura Black's article J_____ + _____ + _____ + _______>>> Leslie Jarmon's article
Any Questions about midterm material?
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♦ review
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pp. 95-100 & 302-308[validity|reliabiity] {
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3/24 - 3/28 |
Easter Break
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3/30:Qualitative and Quantitative
"Measurement" - I
Statistics
Talk- The least you should know!
Midterm Followup: WARRANT WORKSHOP / REVIEW of KEY TERMS
if time, begin
Maslow--And--More (incl "Testing
Maslow") :
form
research pairs; choose hypotheses & methodologies
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review
Chapter 5
[comm. data]
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4/4:
Qualitative and Quantitative "Measurement"
4/6:
Qualitative and Quantitative "Measurement"
A. Re-Evaluating and Focusing Research Questions & Hypotheses B. Refining Methods
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♦ Chapter
16
[infr
stats]
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wk13: 4/11 & 4/13 |
D. Scheduling
your final Work
E. Writing and re-writing a Scholarly Essay
4/11:
tent/ if necessary: Warrant Workshop ( _____ ) tent/if necessary begin W-I-W - Writing Workshop w/ laptops[
4/13: NO FORMAL CLASS: independent work on Research Paper; Work on online Quiz; PrePaper Conferences**; continue Individual work as necessary; tent: Maslow/W-I-W e.c.
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♦ Chapter TBD
[tbd]
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**PrePaper Conference info: To
Review Your Plans For COMPLETING your actual research & WRITING your
paper
Please note that the oral presentations of the final papers begin on _Mon 4/25/16_ & the submission of the "preliminary" draft #1 of the final paper is due Weds 4/20/16 but no later than 11am, Fri. 4/22/16.= ♦You should come prepared to this appt. with: (1) approx. one page (2-3 paragraphs) to show me from whatever section you have written so far. If you have not done any writing yet, then you will need to do some BEFORE your conference! (If you don't have anything to show, conference will be cancelled)
(2)
Any
questions or concerns
you have
for me about the details of the final paper.
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wk14: 4/18 & 4/20 |
A last look at some
Essential and/or "Pesky" Communication
Concepts
(e.g. metacommunication, IPT, URT, E.T.Hall:
Anthropology/Communication
overlap; Systems
Theory, Third
Person Effect, etc..)
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- STANDARD ERROR (_Mike_)
- FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION ( _Madia_ ) - CENTRAL TENDENCY ( Anna)
NULL HYPOTHESIS ( _____ ) - TYPE I & TYPE II ERROR ( _____ ) - U SHAPED CORRELATION (
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)**** P. 378
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♦ Research Thesis ( Paper) - draft submission- <due no later than 4/20, but add'tl dates negotiable <via hard copy in my mailbox> [click for link to assignment page]
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wk15:
4/25 & 4/27 |
Research (Findings) Presentations - based on Draft 1 [ 8-10 minutes @-plus q&a]
5 on 4/25 = _Jack_&_Nikki_& Lauren_& Maria__& Anna _
5 on 4/27 - _Mawuena_&Vince_& Anthony &_Mike__& Chris
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wk16:
5/2& ___ |
Research Presentations continued,
5
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tent:
"Last Chance-Make-up"Online Quiz #4 due by
5/13-
Available via Blackboard only: tba. |
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Extra Credit flexible submission deadline. Ask! |
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EXAM SESSION:
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Research Paper-
draft #2 (final version for
grading)-
incorporating
feedback from presentation
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Links to | misc. articles | also linked above |
Gossip: Studies Find That Gossip Isn't Just Loose Talk |
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wk 2 | How Words get the Message Across | http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110124/full/news.2011.40.html?WT.ec_id=NEWS-20110125 |
"Nomophobia": Fear-of- Missing Out- anxiety due to being away from phone | Nomophobia, study & overview article | |
The Practice of Public Meetings / Omaha |
http://www.iap2.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=404 If this link doesn't work, try copuing & pasting address into your browser which should take you to the introductory page.
Also try selecting "Archives" in the menu on the right. Select Volume 3, Issue 2, 2009 OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5T6UIvjgeY]
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Rummer: Mood is linked to vowel type: | http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ralf_Rummer/publications | |
Summary of Mood-Vowel research / We speak as we Feel; | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140626095717.htm | |
wk 1 | Stop Googling. Let's Talk |
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THE SCIENCE OF YOGA; The risks and the rewards The podcast | The risks and the rewards of practicing yoga | |
Yoga Science - the assignment | Yoga Science | |
Voice & Gender: Preference for Leaders with Masculine Voices
Holds in the Case of Feminine Leadership Roles
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http://www.as.miami.edu/personal/cklofstad/19_fem_voice.pdf |
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► Overview: Tests / Quizzes / Content
There will be 1-2 in-class tests & 3-4 quizzes placed in Blackboard. They will be designed to test your knowledge of the information in the textbook as well as topics discussed in class. Approximately one week before each major test, a study sheet will be linked above -- summarizing the chapters to be covered. For the online quizzes, the chapters/material to be studied will be mentioned in the announcement you will see when you log in to "Piratenet."
► Overview: Literature Review <>" The review-of-the-literature" Written & Oral Components
Oral = due 2/1/17 (presentation slots tbd)_ /// Written = due via hard copy or email attachment no later than Fri, 2/3/17
This is a ten source annotated bibliography for a narrowly defined area of communication research which pertains to your chosen research interest area. You will also give a brief oral presentation summarizing your findings so far. Please note this is not the same entity also called the "Literature Review" which is an actual component within the finished research paper. click to go to the Literature Review information sheet
► Overview: Research Proposal Written & Oral Components
Written = due _2/24/`6 or 3/7/16[tba] (a Draft version ready for conference with Professor)( final proposal document due day of oral presentation) /// Oral = due 3/9/16 (presentations via small groups)
This is a one to three page document in which you present a research question/or/ hypothesis and explain your planned investigative method. Your overall research goal is to contribute (incrementally) to the area of research presented in your literature review. click to go to Proposal information sheet
► Overview: Research Paper Written & Oral Components
Draft (Submission) #1: Due dates: Written Component = _4/18/16 & 4/20/16 [addt'l dates negotiable]_ / Oral Component = 4/25 -through- 5/2__
FINAL Draft: Written, revised Component = no later than exam date ( 5/9/16) / earlier submission encouraged __
For this course, you will be researching, composing and presenting a _15-20 pp. (minimum)_ research paper. You will also be delivering a summary report of your findings in an oral presentation. This presentation will include a description of how you went about your study, a summary of your findings, and implications for future research. click to go to Paper information sheet Also see Project-Timeline Schematic & Professor's overall & Proficiency Grading Criteria & "Summary: Departmental 'Senior Seminar Grading Criteria'"
► Additional Homework / Classwork Requirements (attendance| participation | abstracts| Chapter presentations | I am a Researcher | A-O-C | Interim presentations| W-I-W, etc)
In addition to your performance on specific assignments, you will earn a grade for general class participation. The grading factors for classwork & participation include evaluation of the completion of homework assignments & worksheets, completion of online quizzes, and active contributions to classroom discussion and exercises [including moderating chapter discussions].
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Recommended supplemental text = Investigating Communication: An Introduction to Research Methods, 2nd ed.(2000) - Lawrence Frey, Carl H. Botan, & Gary L. Kreps. Boston: Allyn and Bacon selected excerpts available via eReserves
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Tentative: Critique of a research presentation (e.g. New Jersey Communication conference April 9, 2016 - details tbd: ASK!
Extra Credit tentative/details tba / ask professor
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On
3:05 � 3:10 [5]
___Thomas Alu____√_______________________________
3:15 - 3:20 [5]
___Ryan Ulrich_____√_______________________________
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4:10 - 4:15 [5]
______________________________________= during class time
4:20 - 4:25 [5]
____Chris Willis___ _√_______________________________
4:30 - 4:35 [5]
___Nikki Marroccoli____√_______________________________
4:40 - 4:45 [5]
____Lauren Lowe______√_______________________________
4:50 - 4:55 [5]
___Kevin Langan____√_______________________________
On Weds 1/27/16:
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4:15 - 4:25 [10]
__Madia Soumadoro____√______________________________= during class time
4:30 - 4:35 [5]
____Michael Holmes_____√_____________________________= during class time
4:40 - 4:45 [5]
______Mawuena Sedodo___√_____________________________= during class time
4:50 � 4:55 [5]
_____Anthony Marotta____√_____________________________
5:05 - 5:10 [5]
_____Charles Velez____√_____________________________
5:25 - 5:30 [5]
______Vincent Latorraca_√_>>> 1/29@ 10:00 ______________________________
5:35 � 5:40 [5]
______Maria Capalbo____√____________________________
5:45 - 5:50 [5]
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On Wednesday 2/24/16: Pre-Break / Pre-Proposal
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1:50 - 2:00 __Anthony Marotta_____√____________________
2:05 - 2:15 __Mawuena Sedodo-_____√___________________
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3:00-3:10 ______Nikki Marroccoli_____√___________________
3:15-3:20 ______Anna Lies_____√_________________________
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4:05 - 4:15 ______Ryan
Ulrich___√________________________= during class time
4:20 - 4:30 _______Kevin Langan__√_______________________= during class time
4:35 - 4:45 _______Chris Willis_____√______________________
4:50 - 5:00 ________________________________________
2:45-2:55 __________________________________________________
3:00-3:10 ______Vincent Latorraca_____√________________________
3:15-3:25 _______Thomas Alu_________√__________________________
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4:05 - 4:15 _____________________________________= during class time
4:20 - 4:30 __Madia Soumadoro_____√_______________= during class time
4:35 - 4:45 ____Michael Holmes_____√______________
4:50 - 5:00 ____Charles Velez_______√_____________________________
??Lowe -
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On Monday 4/11/16: / Pre-Draft Submission Conferences
12:10-12:25
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4:45-5:00
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On Wednesday 4/13/16 / Pre-Draft Submission Conferences
12:10-12:25
[15]
_____Kevin Langan___________√_____________
4:20 - 4:35
[15]
_______ __Vince Latorraca____√________________
11:20 - 11:35
[15]
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DRAFT # 1 DUE in 2
DAYS! [ negotiation possible ->
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