Schedule

See individual weeks for assignments and deadlines. See Required Work for details about assignments.

Key Dates

Aug. 25 -- Classes start
Aug. 25-29 -- Drop/Add
Dec. 10 -- Classes end
Dec. 11-12 -- Reading days
Dec. 13, 15-19 -- Final exams*
*No final exam in this course. However, you will have a project DUE during Finals Week.

August

Week 1 (Aug. 26, 2008)
You are expected to attend this class for the full three hours.

NOTE: If you are not enrolled in the course, but you hope to add it during Drop/Add, you must attend the first class meeting in its entirety. There are likely to be a few open seats after the first class meeting, because some students will drop it. But if you're not there, you've already missed too much.

September

Weeks 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
First twice-weekly blog post due Sept. 9.
Two blog posts are due each week in Weeks 3, 4, 5 and 6. (September total: 8).
Project 1 due Tuesday, Sept. 16

October

Weeks 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
Two blog posts are due each week in Weeks 7-10 (October total: 8).
Project 2 due Tuesday, Oct. 14

November

Weeks 11 | 12 | 13 | 14
Two blog posts are due each week in Weeks 11 and 13. In Week 12 (Veterans Day), only ONE post is due, on Friday. In Thanksgiving week (Week 14), only ONE post is due, on Tuesday (November total: 6).
Blog posts made after Tuesday, Nov. 25, will not be graded. You are expected to post on Nov. 25.
Project 3 due Tuesday, Nov. 18

December

Week 15 | 16
Project 4 due Tuesday, Dec. 16
No blog posts will be graded in December.

The total number of blog posts due is 22. Grades for two of those (the lowest two) will be dropped. For details about the blog posting, see Required Work.

UF Holidays

Sept. 1 -- Labor Day
Oct. 24-25 -- Homecoming
Nov. 11 -- Veterans Day (Tuesday)
Nov. 27-29 -- Thanksgiving