WEEK 2- Introductions and Getting Started
T 8/27:

• getting everyone connected on Google Hangouts
• syllabus
• semester plan
• review comprehensive exam process and questions
• look at resources in Box

WEEK 3-
T 9/3:

• complete comps process timeline
• mini-reports on progress
• discuss question selection/crafting specialized question
• discuss comp exam (written and oral) requirements and process
  

 
WEEK 4-
T 9/10:

• discuss advisor meeting findings and questions, including answers to the following:
  • any specific things your advisor is looking for (particular structure, balance of citations between key and emerging scholars/issues, breadth vs. depth in citations, literature review vs. your own voice, etc.)?
  • what purposes does your advisor see in the comprehensive exam process and responses for your program? In other words, what does your advisor expect you to gain from this process?
  • what, in her/his experience makes a good response and why? What kinds of issues or approaches can be problematic and why?
  • what timeline or other advice does your advisor suggest?
  • anything else you learned that will help you successfully complete your comprehensive exams?
    
    
• mini-reports on progress
  
  
• discuss reading lists- Composition
  

 
WEEK 6-
T 9/24:

• mini-reports on progress
• discuss reading lists- Critical/Cultural Studies
• look at ADE Job Information List and discuss application process for academic positions
• Get a Job- Cheryl Ball's Academic Job Search site
• Academic job market advice from Dr. Chris Blattman
• and more specific advice from a search committee perspective
  

 
WEEK 7-
T 10/1:

• discuss strategies and outlining for responding to comp questions
• mini-reports on progress
• discuss reading lists- Rhetoric
• read and discuss two sample comp exam responses
  

 
WEEK 8-
T 10/8:

• mini-reports on progress
• discuss oral exam, scheduling, and other logistics

 
WEEK 9-
T 10/15:

• mini-reports on progress

 
WEEK 10-
T 10/22:

• mini-reports on progress

 
WEEK 11-
T 10/29:

• mini-reports on progress
• discuss Destination Dissertation- chapters 1-3
• read sample pre-proposal

 
WEEK 12-
T 11/5:

• mini-reports on progress
• discuss Destination Dissertation- chapters 4-5

 
WEEK 13-
T 11/12:

• mini-reports on progress
• discuss Destination Dissertation- chapter 6
• read sample proposal

Week 14-
T 11/19:

• Class cancelled for individual meetings with instructor
• discuss Destination Dissertation- chapters 11

 
THANKSGIVING BREAK
M 11/25 - F 11/29:

• Class cancelled for break

 
WEEK 15-
T 12/3:

• mini-reports on progress
• wrapping up