This is an abbreviated course syllabus.
Like everything else in this course, it is likely to change.
Week 0: Preparation
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(01) Sunday, 21 August 2005
About This Tutorial
Introductions.
What is Tutorial?
What is IP?
The form of our Tutorial: meeting format, overall structure, etc.
Planning for the next few days.
About course planning.
Due:
Nothing.
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(02) Tuesday, 23 August 2005
Planning Your Schedule
Further topics from first meeting.
Primary lessons from today's homework.
Peer evaluation of schedules.
Group followup.
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 1: Orientation (due last night).
Miscellaneous Assignment 2: Course Planning.
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(03) Thursday, 25 August 2005
IP Basics ; Why Write?
Discussion: Purple book
Discussion: Why write?
Lecture/Discussion: IP Basics
Exercise: Peer Editing
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 3: About College Work (due last night).
Writing Assignment 1: Copyright and Web Links.
McLeod: Preface and Chapter 1.
Green and Rebelsky 1-3.
Williams and McEnerney.
Williams, Chapter 1.
Rebelsky (Everything ).
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| Week 1: Forms of Intellectual Property (1)
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(04) Tuesday, 30 August 2005
Copyright ; Writing: Correctness
Copyright basics.
Some new problems.
Editing exercise.
McLeod 3.
Due:
Williams 2.
Miller III.
McLeod 3.
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(05) Thursday, 1 September 2005
Patent ; Writing: Actions
Basics of U.S. Patent Law.
Patents and Native Discoveries.
Writing Exercise.
Scheduling Exercise.
Patent Law, Revisited.
Convocation: President Osgood.
Due:
Writing Assignment 2: Copyright and Links, Revisited.
Miscellaneous Assignment 4: Course Syllabi.
Miller I.
McLeod 5.
Williams 3.
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| Week 2: Forms of Intellectual Property (2)
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(06) Tuesday, 6 September 2005
Trademark ; Writing: Characters
Reflections on Osgood's speech.
Summary of Williams 4.
Writing exercise 3: A Problem with Rewrites.
McLeod on appropriation art.
Trademark basics.
Due:
Williams 4.
Miller II.
McLeod 6.
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(07) Thursday, 8 September 2005
Citation and Academic Sources ; Group Exercise
Convocation: Victoria Bissell Brown: Jane Addams Becomes a Christian Humanist.
Due:
Academic Honesty: The Ethical Use of Sources, Collaboration, and Scholarly Integrity at Grinnell College.
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| Week 3: Sources, Revisited
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(08) Tuesday, 13 September 2005
Topic Selection
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 5: Topic Selection.
Green and Rebelsky (skim).
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(09) Thursday, 15 September 2005
Finding Sources (1)
Library resources for scholarly papers.
Exercise: Finding sources.
Reflection.
Academic honesty exercise.
Convocation: Rosenfield Symposium: Jurek Martin: Media and Government: Strange Bedfellows.
Due:
Williams 7.
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| Week 4: Miscellaneous
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(10) Tuesday, 20 September 2005
Finding Sources (2)
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(11) Thursday, 22 September 2005
Preparation for Discussion ; Writing: Cohesion and Coherence
Convocation: Gene Gaub: Beethoven Piano Sonatas I.
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 6: Bibliography.
Miscellaneous Assignment 7: Papers for Discussion.
Williams 5.
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| Week 5: Student-Led Topical Discussions (1)
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(12) Tuesday, 27 September 2005
Discussion (A and B) ; Writing: Emphasis
Due:
Student-selected readings.
Williams 6.
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(13) Thursday, 29 September 2005
Discussion (C and D) ; Writing: Concision
Convocation: James Cuno: (Title to be determined.)
Due:
Student-selected readings.
Writing Assignment 3: Introduction to Research Paper.
Williams 7.
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| Week 6: Student-Led Topical Discussions (2)
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(14) Tuesday, 4 October 2005
Discussion (E, F, and G)
Due:
Student-selected readings.
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(15) Thursday, 6 October 2005
Discussion (H and I)
Convocation: Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza.
Due:
Student-selected readings.
Writing Assignment 4: Annotated Bibliography.
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| Week 7: Student-Led Topical Discussions (3)
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(16) Tuesday, 11 October 2005
Discussion (J and K)
Due:
Student-selected readings.
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(17) Thursday, 13 October 2005
Discussion (L and M)
Due:
Student-selected readings.
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| Fall Break
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| Week 8: Oral Skills
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(18) Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Reflections on Discussions
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 8: Discussion Diagrams.
Williams 8.
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(19) Thursday, 27 October 2005
Preparation for Copyright Policy Discussion
Convocation: Gene Gaub: Beethoven Piano Sonatas II.
Due:
Writing Assignment 5: Discussion Self-Assessment.
Williams 6-8.
Grinnell College Copyright Policy.
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| Week 9: Your Grinnell Education
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(20) Tuesday, 1 November 2005
Liberal Education ; Writing: Ethics
Due:
Packet of readings on liberal education.
Writing Assignment 6: Draft of Research Paper.
Williams 9.
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(21) Thursday, 3 November 2005
Preregistration ; Editing Research Papers
Convocation: Rosenfield Symposium on Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 9: Tentative Schedules.
Assignments:
Start Miscellaneous Assignment 11: Time Logs on Saturday!
Williams 10.
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| Week 10: Copyright and Patent Policy (1)
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(22) Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Policy 1: Overview; Assigning Tasks
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(23) Thursday, 10 November 2005
Policy 2: Copyright Issues
Convocation: Humanities Symposium on Intolerance.
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 10: Editing of Research Papers.
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| Week 11: Copyright and Patent Policy (2)
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(24) Tuesday, 15 November 2005
Policy 3: Patent Issues
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(25) Thursday, 17 November 2005
Policy 4: Preparation for Presentations
Convocation: Claude Steele: Stereotype Threat.
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| Week 12: Writing Introductions
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(26) Tuesday, 22 November 2005
Writing Introductions
Due:
Writing Assignment 7: Research Paper
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Thursday, 24 November 2005
Thanksgiving Break
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| Week 13: Other Core Academic Skills
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(27) Tuesday, 29 November 2005
Time Management
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 11: Time Logs.
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(28) Thursday, 1 December 2005
Stress Management
Due:
Writing Assignment 8: Introduction to Owning Bits and Beyond, Vol. 2.
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| Week 14: Wrapup
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(29) Tuesday, 6 December 2005
Evaluation
Due:
Miscellaneous Assignment 13: Assessment of Introductions.
Miscellaneous Assignment 14: Editing Portfolio.
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(30) Thursday, 8 December 2005
Debriefing
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