Class Schedule

I look forward to seeing all of you at our first class meeting on January 22. Below is a draft of the class schedule that will be included in your syllabus. While we might add or subtract topics as necessary, I do want you to be able to plan around our scheduled class meetings and the assignments that will be due. Please note that some of the elements of the schedule are subject to change before class begins.

Week #	Date	Topic	Assignment	Due Date/Time
0	January 12-19	Prepping for the capstone	30-minute phone conversation with instructor	January 12-19
1	January 22	·       Class discussion—capstone overview, topic brief and IRB ·       Cohort group assignments	Read and review sample capstones on class blog; Read Reflections of a Novice Academic Writer Moodley, Kimera. Educational Research for Social Change; Port Elizabeth Vol. 4, Iss. 2,  (Oct 2015): 75-88.	By 5:30 p.m. January 22
2	January 29	·       Joint meeting with Graf class (MCK 304)—presentation by former master’s students ·       Class discussion—outline and introduction	Topic brief due—email to instructor and cohort	By 11:59 p.m., January 28
3	February 5	No class ·       Cohort discussions re topic briefs ·       Work on outline and introduction
4	February 12	·       Class discussion—literature review and research methods ·       Cohort discussions re outlines	Outline due—email to instructor and cohort	By 11:59 p.m. February 10
5	February 19	No class—instructor meetings as needed ·       Work on introduction and literature review
6	February 26	·       Class discussion— presenting research findings and discussion ·       Cohort meetings re literature review and introduction	Literature review and introduction—email to instructor and cohort	Due 11:59 p.m. February 24
7	March 5	No class—instructor meetings as needed ·       Work on research
8 (Spring Break)	March 12-16	No class
9	March 19	·       Class discussion— conclusion and abstract ·       Cohort and instructor meetings research progress
10	March 26	No class—instructor meetings as needed ·       Finalize research and work on partial draft
11	April 2	No class—instructor meetings as needed ·       Work on conclusion and abstract	Partial draft due (through discussion)—email to instructor and cohort	Due 11:59 p.m. March 30
12	April 9	·       Class discussion—final format, proofreading and APA style ·       Cohort meetings on first draft
13	April 16	No class—mandatory individual meetings on first draft ·       Work on revisions
14	April 23	No class—instructor meetings as needed ·       Final draft polish
15	April 30	No class	Final Capstone Due—email instructor	By 11:59 p.m., April 30