| Date | Topic | Read | Terms and Concepts | Do | Milestone |
| 9/2 | Introduction | Begin process of choosing advisors and select thesis/paper topic | |||
| 9/9 | Origins | Kuhn | Paradigm; teleology | Hand in commentary | (Only for thesis writers) Hand in 2 readers' names and brief justification of your choice |
| 9/16 | More origins; Reality and Representation | Rest Kuhn; handouts Science in Context | Reflexivity | Hand in commentary | |
| 9/23 | (Social) Construction | Berger and Luckmann | Contained Relativism | Hand in commentary |
(All) hand in 1-2 page statement on your paper/thesis that adresses the following questions: what is the topic of your thesis/term paper? what question will it address?why is this an interesting question? Why should anybody care? |
| 9/30 |
Knowledge, Methods, and Data |
Wittgenstein and others (handouts) | Hand in commentary |
(Thesis writers only): Hand in thesis advisor name; by this time you have met with your thesis advisor and asked for her/his advice (take notes!) on: 1. strategies for honing topic; 2. primary and secondary resources; 3. timeline for research and writing |
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| 10/7 | Representation | Latour (handout), Turnbull | Hand in commentary |
Thesis/paper prospectus due; be prepared to present next week |
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| 10/14 | Presentations |
Address the following topics: 1.what question will you be addressing? 2.what body of data will you use? 3. how will you collect the data? |
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| 10/21 | FALL BREAK | ||||
| 10/28 | Representation revisited | Hacking | Hand in commentary | ||
| 11/4 | Practices | Latour & Woolgar | Hand in commentary |
Literature review due. The literature review surveys what previous researchers have had to say about your topic. Include an extensive, annotated bibliography. Use a standard ducumentation style, such as APA |
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| 11/11 | Practices | Pickering (handout) | Hand in commentary | ||
| 11/18 | Practices | Foucault | Hand in commentary | First draft of introductory chapter of thesis or thesis prospectus or complete term paper due. At least 15 pages, double spaced; includes the eight points (see description in guidelines) | |
| 11/25 | Frameworks | Mol (handout) | Hand in commentary | ||
| 12/2 | Individual meetings ... | ... to discuss first draft | |||
| 12/9 | Wrap | Hand in comments on course | Final version of chapter/prospectus/term paper due |