Group |
DATE |
TITLE |
LECTURER |
A |
August 31 |
Panel discussion of the FAU Freshman Reading Selection, “The Orchid Thief” |
Dr. Laura Barrett
Dr. Jacqueline Fewkes
Dr. Jon Moore |
A |
September 7 |
Privacy in Public Places: Does GPS Surveillance Provide a Plain View? |
Dr. Mark Tunick |
A |
September 14 |
Global Warming and the Myth of Hydrogen |
Dr. Michelle Ivey |
A |
September 21 |
Ernest Hemingway – Latent Feminist |
James McGarrah, MFA |
B |
September 28 |
The Spanish Poetry of the Last Muslims in Spain |
Dr. Miguel Vázquez |
B |
October 5 |
Periodic Table of the Elements |
Dr. Veljko Dragojlovic |
B |
October 9 |
Named Scholar Ceremony (1-3 p.m.) |
Lucia Robson |
B |
October 16 |
Emotion: Adaptive or Maladaptive? |
Dr. Laura Vernon |
C |
October 26 |
Optimizing Conditions for Arson Investigations |
Dr. Eugene Smith |
C |
November 2 |
Visual Ethnography |
Dr. Jacqueline Fewkes |
C |
November 9 |
Study Abroad and Global Citizenship |
Dr. Cathy Meschievitz |
C |
November 16 |
Killing Them Softly: Ignoring, Evading, and Trumping the U.S. Supreme Court |
Dr. Martin Sweet |
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November 23 |
Thanksgiving |
|
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Novmber 26 |
Final Paper Due by 5 p.m. to Advisor |
|
X |
November 30 |
Retrospective: First Semester at “The HC” |
Dr. Jeffrey Buller |
Course Requirements:
Attendance: You should attend all of the forum presentations. Attendance will be taken either at the beginning or the end of each forum. In addition, the attendance policy is subject to the honor code. Please arrive 10 minutes before the forum is to begin as tardiness is disrespectful to the speaker and your classmates. If you are late, you will not receive credit for attendance.
Please silence your cell phones and pagers upon entering the auditorium. No laptops allowed.
Attendance:
You are encouraged to attend all of the forum talks. Please arrive 10 minutes before the forum is to begin. Please do not be late, since entering the auditorium late is disrespectful to the speaker and your classmates. Attendance will be taken either at the beginning or the end of each forum talk. The attendance policy is subject to the honor code. You will receive 4 points for each of the 13 forum talks you attend. If you are late or if you leave early, you will not receive credit for attendance and will be violating the Honor Code. Please turn off all cell phones and beepers (or set them to silent setting) when you enter the auditorium. You may use laptops in class only to take notes or for activities closely related to the course material. Use of laptops or other electronic devices to play games, surf the Internet (unrelated to that day’s topic or unless requested by the speaker), check e-mail, listen to music, or perform any other action not related to the course is a violation of the Honor Code.
Assignments:
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Blackboard assignment #1 – Due by the beginning of class on Friday, September 7, 2007. (See below for details.)
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Blackboard assignment #2 — Due when announced in class.
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Paper - A single 4-page paper critically analyzing three talks, one from Group A, one from Group B, and one from Group C is due by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 2007 and is to be turned in to your advisor. This paper will be placed into your Writing Portfolio.
Course Grading:
This course is graded S/U. A minimum of 70 points on a 100-point scale is required to pass the course with a grade of satisfactory.
52 points Attendance
40 points Paper
4 points Blackboard Assignment #1
4 points Blackboard Assignment #2
100 points
What is Blackboard?
Blackboard is an interactive online learning tool that allows you to receive course content, take tests and quizzes, participate in online dialog with your fellow students, and more. As with any other computer program, there are a few things you must know prior to using the program to enhance your learning experience. Please take a few moments to read the following instructions before trying to login to the course.
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Blackboard user accounts are set up automatically for all students
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Not all courses at FAU use Blackboard-- please check with your instructor
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When you log into Blackboard you will only have access to the courses you are enrolled in that use Blackboard
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Logging into Blackboard is done IN ADDITION to registering for your courses with the FAU Registrar.
Login Information
The universal URL to all Blackboard courses is: http://blackboard.fau.edu
After clicking on this URL you will be taken to the Blackboard (Bb) page on the FAU server where you can log into Blackboard.
Your username is your FAUNet ID. If the you do not know your FAUNet ID. You will need to enter your social security # and PIN in order to obtain your FAUNet ID. Your initial password for Blackboard is your PIN (PINs are by default set to 2 zeros followed by the 2-digit DAY and 2-digit YEAR of birth).
Your email address in Blackboard will be set as your FAU email address. To forward email to another account you should go to MyFAU email and select "auto forward" under “options”.
NOTE: You will use the same username and password for all FAU Blackboard courses that you are enrolled in.
Finding the course web site: The courses that you are enrolled in will be listed under the "My Courses" area. Click on the course title in order to enter the course. You may not see all of the courses that you are registered for listed here since not all courses at FAU use Blackboard-- please check with your instructor.
NOTE: Students who are having trouble logging into Blackboard should contact the IRM Helpdesk at 561-297-3999 or 399@fau.edu.
