SCI 113 - First Year Seminar, 2011/12 Term 2, Section 203 (Will Welch)

News

2012.03.29: Marks database updated
2012.03.29: Please feel free to make an appointment with Romy or Will to discuss your term project.
2012.03.26: Before and after versions of today's paragraph exercise are under Course Materials
2012.03.14: Document on building essay 2 is under Course Materials
2012.03.09: Document on structuring your project is under Course Materials
2012.02.10: Links to the article and video I are used today are under Course Materials
2012.01.27: Today's peer-review game (with conclusion) is under Course Materials
2012.01.25: Under Useful Links I have added the SCIE 113 wiki, which contains all the Learning Objectives in one place.
2012.01.11: Romy's "office hours" added below and Next Few Classes updated.

Contacts

Romy Friedman romy [dot] friedman [at] gmail [dot] com
Will Welch will [at] stat [dot] ubc [dot] ca

Office Hours (updated Jan 11, replaces office hours in Section 203 outline)

Will Welch, Wednesdays, 11:00–12:00 in LSK 366
Will Welch, Thursdays, 10:00–11:00 in LSK 366
Romy Friedman by appointment. Also, on days when we have a class in IBLC 155, Romy is often outside IBLC 155 from about 2:00 to 3:00 and available to help you.

Next Few Classes

Fri, Mar 23: Science and the global citizen
HOMEWORK: Find a website of a UBC researcher in your randomly selected department who is doing research of interest to you. Bring a description of this research to next class.
CPR text entry due TODAY.
Mon, Mar 26: Identifying opportunities for students to do research
HOMEWORK: CPR calibration due.
Wed, Mar 28: Course survey
Thur, Mar 29: Guest speakers Dr. David Ng (Michael Smith Labs) and Dr. Allen Sens (Department of Political Science)
PROJECT DRAFTS WILL BE HANDED BACK AT THE GUEST LECTURE.
HOMEWORK: CPR peer reviews and self review due.
Friday, Mar 30: NO CLASS.
Mon, Apr 2: Hard copy of Essay 3 due
Wed, Apr 4: Concept map. Final version of project due.

Course Materials

Course outline for Section 203, updated 2012.01.04

Specific classes:
Wed, Jan 4: Introduction; Summary of student ideas
Fri, Jan 27: Peer review game
Fri, Feb 10: Exergaming video CBC News article
Fri, Mar 9: Structuring your project
Wed, Mar 14: How to build the framework of essay 2
Fri, Mar 23: TAG's definition of global citizenship
Mon, Mar 26: Original paragraph and the revised version after improvement by students

Marks

Marks database (updated 2012.03.29 to include the drafts of Essay 3 and the Term Project) Identification is via last 4 digits of Student ID, where 99900111 would appear as 111, for example. The participation grades are still interim from 2012.03.05.

Useful Links

SCIE 113 course website

SCIE 113 wiki containing all Learning Objectives