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Calendar for Spring Quarter, 2004

All dates subject to change

Week/Lecture Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
1
The Basics
3/29
Course Introduction and Community Building,Syllabus,  Diagnostic writing
3/30
What is a Seminar?
What is a Seminar Paper?
3/31
Summary WritingSkills
4/1
Paper #1 Assigned

Guest Speaker:  Russ Payne
2
Biodiversity and Ecology:
Matter and Energy Cycles
4/5 4/6
Seminar papers due
4/7
1st drafts due for Writing Workshop #1
Revise/edit drafts
4/8
3
Biodiversity and Ecology:
Animals and Evolution
4/12
Paper #1 Due
Paper #2 Assigned
4/13
Seminar papers due
4/14
Field Trip
4/15
Seminar papers due
Quiz #1
4
Biodiversity and Ecology:
Ecosystems
Earth Week
4/19 4/20
Seminar papers due
4/21
1st drafts due for Writing Workshop #2
Revise/edit drafts
4/22
5
Biodiversity and Ecology:
Biodiversity
4/26
Paper #2 Due
Paper #3 Assigned
4/27
Seminar papers due
4/28 4/29
Seminar papers due
Quiz # 2
6
Water Basics and Use

5/3
Paper Outline Due

5/4
Writing Workshop #3
5/5
Field Trip
5/6
1st drafts due for Writing Workshop #3
Revise/edit drafts
7
Water Quality
5/10Paper #3 Due
Paper #4 Assigned
5/11Seminar Papers due 5/12 5/13
Seminar Papers due
8
Water, Life and Society
5/17 5/18
Guest Speaker:  Patty Martin
Workshop #4
5/19
1st drafts due for Writing
Revise/edit drafts

5/20
Quiz #3
Seminar Papers due
Last day to turn in rewrites for review

9
Consumption:Physical ResourcesField Trip

5/24
Paper #4 Due
Field Trip (?)

5/25
Seminar papers due
5/26
Sentence Skills and Punctuation Quiz
5/27
Seminar papers due
Portfolio Q&A
10
Consumption:Energy Resources
5/31
Holiday-No Class
6/1
Seminar papers due
6/2
Writing Workshop
6/3
Seminar papers due
11
Final Projects and Portfolios
6/7
Portfolios due no later than 3:00 PM.*
6/8
Seminar papers due
6/9
Final Quiz
6/11
No Class

*Portfolios:  The deadline for the portfolios is 3 PM Monday June 7.  This is firm.  No exceptions will be made except for those negotiated at least 24 hours in advance of the deadline.  Portfolios received after this deadline will be neither reviewed nor graded.

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Friday, May 7, 2004