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
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.
Copyright Law.
Week 5, Thursday
Trademark Law.
Quizzes 4 & 5, due one week.
Week 6, Tuesday
MLK, Civil Rights & Birth of the Modern First Amendment.
Week 6, Thursday
Libel Law.
Resource: Defamation
Week 7, Tuesday
Libel, cont'd.
Quiz 6, due one week.Week 7, Thursday
Privacy Torts
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
PAPER DUE = HARD COPY
Congratulations!


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