WEEK-BY-WEEK SKED

 

Tentative Week-By Week Schedule

Flexibility Note: Unforeseen events could cause alterations to the schedule envisioned below. I will always let you know in writing by e-mail and in person.

Final Exam Note:  Students in Sections 1 & 3, which meet during the first half of the semester, will return for the Final Exam Period at the end of the semester.

Assignments & Due Dates  

Lecture Quizzes = Average once a weeks. Based on class lectures. On Blackboard. On your schedule. One attempt. Due seven days from posting on Blackboard.

Ethics Reflection  = Based on a movie. 500 words. 12 pts. Times New Roman. Double-spaced. To be posted on Blackboard. Due at the mid-term for each section.

Paper Topic Worksheet = Summary of a topic that affects your major. Informal response on Blackboard discussion thread. Due at the mid-term for each section.

Final Research Paper = 6-8 pages, double-spaced, one-sided, 12 pt. Times New Roman, APA Style. Due at the Final Exam Period for each section. 

 

Week 1, Tuesday

    Welcome!

    First Amendment Fundamentals

    Overview & Syllabus Review

Week 1, Thursday

    Review: Progressive Era + Terms/Concepts
 
    Prior Restraints: Near v. Minn. + Pentagon Papers

    Quiz 1 posted, due one week.

Week 2, Tuesday

    Levels of Protection — Type of Speech + Type of Forum

Week 2, Thursday

    Levels of Protection — Type of Medium + Type of Speaker 

   Quiz 2 posted, due one week. 

Week 3, Tuesday   

    "Thank You For Smoking"  
     Ethics Reflection, due at the mid-term.

Week 3, Thursday    

    Commercial & Corporate Speech.

    Resource: Commercial Speech

    Resource: Corporate Speech 

Week 4, Tuesday

   Commercial & Corporate Speech, cont'd.     

    Quiz 3 posted, due one week.

Week 4, Thursday

    AI Research Project

    Identifying Topics & Exploring Methods.

    Paper Topic Worksheet, due one week.

Week 5, Tuesday    

      Copyright Law.

    Resource: Copyright

Week 5, Thursday 

    Trademark Law.

    Resource: Trademark

   Quizzes 4 & 5, due one week.   

 

Week 6, Tuesday

    MLK, Civil Rights & Birth of the Modern First Amendment.

    Resource: NYT v. Sullivan

Week 6, Thursday

    Libel Law.

    Resource: Defamation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 7, Tuesday

    Libel, cont'd.

    Quiz 6, due one week.

Week 7, Thursday

   Privacy Torts

    Resource: Privacy

    Quiz 7, due one week.

Week 8, Tuesday

     Research Paper Coaching.

     Formatting & AI Protocols.

    FINAL EXAM PERIOD

    M / W classes = 8 a.m. Dec. 8

    T / Th classes = 3:30 p.m. Dec. 9

    Research Presentations (graded)

    PAPER DUE = HARD COPY

 

                                 Congratulations!