William B. Fischer • Assignments, Tests & Deadlines
WINTER QUARTER 2014
last modified: 3/10/14

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GER 302 • course website

Assignment / Activity

Activated

Due

Notes

Email instructor

7 January

immediately

intake reflection about course

7 January

14 January

Was wollen Sie von Ihrem Studium /Ihrer Ausbildung?

7 January

14 January

Schulung u. frühe Arbeitserfahrung

28 February

4 February

Ausbildung von Frauen in technischen Berufen

28 January

11 February

UNST 236A SINQ "Interpreting the Past – Origins of Sustainable Environmentalism: In the Footsteps of Alexander von Humboldt – Explorer, Scientist, Human Rights Advocate • course website

SINQ Mentor is Lola Aminova; for her assignments and information about the mentor sessions, email her at laminova@pdx.edu

For details click on the links below or use the link on the course "schedule" page where you see the outline for the meeting on the day the assignment was activated. For information about grading, read the course "about" page, the scoring guides that accompany each activity, and the work samples (with grades and comments) that are provided for most activities.

DO NOT START AN ASSIGNMENT UNTIL IT HAS A LINK TO ITS SPECIFICATIONS AND THE ACTIVATION DATE HAS COME. If you do, you risk misunderstanding the activity and wasting a lot of time and effort.

Assignment / Activity

Activated

Due

Notes

Intake experiences questionnaire

Meeting 1, 07 Jan.

Meeting 1, 07 Jan.

Writing sample: What Do You See in the Iconic Portrait of Humboldt?

Meeting 2, 09 Jan.

Meeting 2, 09 Jan.

Skills inventory questionnaire

Workshop after Meeting 1

Workshop after Meeting 1

Writing assignment 2: "Leaving Home"

Meeting 2, 09 Jan.

Start of Meeting 3, 14 Jan.

Writing assignment 3: Your education and how it compares to standards.

Meeting 7, 28 January

Start of meeting 10, 06 February

Writing assignment 4: Book review

Meeting 9, 04 February

start of meeting 18, 06 March

Midterm (will be done outside class)

Meeting 11, 11 February

start of meeting 13, 18 February

Writing assignment 5: Humboldt-related species description for specialized readers

Meeting 10, 06 February

start of meeting 16, 27 February

See below for how to send late assignments.

Contributions to group project (research, discussion, writing, resources such as media or found/ made objects)

Meeting 10, 06 February and later

as needed by group, but no later than start of meeting 20, 13 Mar.

Evidence of performance here will show up on group project

Group project

Start brainstorming by week 5. Detailed specifications in meeting #14 (20 February).

by 11:59'59" pm Friday, 21 March

See below for how to submit items that can't be sent directly as attachments

Final examination (link is to general info and scoring guide)

NOTE: I'm leaving right after the final exam for a conference out of town. If you are turning in anything after that, email your files electronically as attachments. If your activity includes any items that are not already in digital form, for example art work for species descriptions and group projects, scan or photograph those items (in color) and attach the digital files. Too many pictures is better than too few - I can only judge what I can see (or hear); so make sure the details are shown clearly, such as small text on poster boards. Please don't share the files as Google docs. I would also like to have the originals for my archive. You can deliver them to the main WLL office, NH 491.

For GER 10X (not currently teaching); Note: the "on-time" factor in the third and fourth columns applies mostly to assignments in GER 10X. See the scoring guides for the individual activities. TBA = to be announced; NA = does not apply

Assignment / Activity

Date Activated / Conducted

Date due for 6 on "on-time" factor

Date due for 4 on "on-time" factor