Times Harvest, Fall 1997

Assignment Schedule

Last updated: 9/5/97

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Assignments are due on the dates shown. For reading assignments, the reading should be finished by the date shown.

NOTE: Besides the assignments shown below, there is an additional requirement of a minimum of one contribution to the on-line conference per week (minimum average of three per week for those taking AGS 336 only who do not attend the class on Wednesday, October 29).

Text Abbreviations for Reading Assignments:

TW The Third Wave
FFS Foundations of Futures Studies
BNW Brave New World
SFGV Social Futures, Global Visions
RA The Road Ahead
ASM In the Age of the Smart Machine
STC Society and Technological Change
BD Being Digital

Due Dates (* means a class meeting on the date shown)

  Date AGS 336 Reading AGS 336 Written AGS 334 Reading AGS 334 Written
*1 9/3 - - - Team Report 1
2 9/10 TW Intro. - Ch 6 - RA Ch 1 - 3 -
3 9/17 TW Ch 7 - 12 - RA Ch 4 - 6 -
4 9/24 TW Ch 13 - 17 Essay 1 RA Ch 7 - 9 -
5 10/1 TW Ch 18 - 21 - RA Ch 10 - end Team Report 2
6 10/8 TW Ch 22 - 25 - ASM Part 1 On-line Quiz 1
7 10/15 TW Ch 26 - end Essay 2 ASM Part 2 -
8 10/22 FFS Ch 1 & 2 Personal Web Page ASM Part 3 -
*9 10/29 FFS Ch 3 & 4 - STC Ch 1 - 5 Midterm
10 11/5 FFS Ch 5 & 6 Essay 3 STC Ch 6 - 9 -
11 11/12 BNW Ch 1 - 7 - STC Ch 10 - 13 Team Report 3
*12 11/19 BNW Ch 8 - end Essay 4 STC Ch 14 - end -
13 11/26 SFGV Pp 19-38 & 55-66 - BD Part 1 On-line Quiz 2
14 12/3 SFGV Pp 67-87 & 89-100 Essay 5 BD Part 2 Team Report 4
15 12/10 SFGV Pp 119-137 & 165-199 - BD Part 3 -
*16 12/17 - Essay 6 - Final