Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Spring 2010


English 302: B12


Course Schedule

Week 1 (Jan 19 - 21): Course Introduction
Nudge Introduction

Week 2 (Jan 26 - 28): Humans and Econs
Nudge ch 1-2
Preliminary Essay due Jan 28


Week 3 (Feb 2 - 4): Choice Architecture
Nudge ch 3-5
Paraphrase, Summary Quote exercises
Summary Assignment due Feb 4


Week 4 (Feb 9 - 11):
[cancelled due to snow]


Week 5 (Feb 16 - 18):
Money
Nudge ch 6-9
Audience
Short Report Due Feb 18


Week 6 (Feb 23 - 25):
Health & Freedom
Nudge ch 9-12
Customer Letter Due Feb 25


Week 7 (March 2 - 4):
Extensions and Objections
Nudge ch 18-19 & Postscript
Research Topic exercise


Week 8:
Spring Break

Week 9 (March 16 - 18): Research
Locating Sources and Finding Research Topics
Library Research Assignment due March 18


Week 10 (March 23 - 25):
Evaluation and Documentation
Evaluating and Citing Sources


Week 11 (March 30 - April 1):
Synthesis
Using Sources
Research Proposal due April 1


Week 12 (April 6 - 8):
Editing
Organization and Revision
In class exercises


Week 13 (April 13 - 15):
Conferences
Annotated Bibliography due April 15


Week 14 (April 20 - 22):
Preparing Presentations
Audience, Organization, and Visual Information
All Revisions due April 23



Week 15 (April 27 - 29): Presentations
Peer review in class April 29

Week 16 (May 4-6): Make up days
Presentations
Research papers due May 6

 

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