ECN306: Rhetoric & Reality

Schedule
(Spring 2011)

"The new form of education will have much more to do with preparing young people with successful work habits for the New Economy. Young people will have to become veritable learning animals.”

Class #	Date	Class Lecture….	Readings Due Date	Deliverables Due Date
1	T 1/25	Introduction
2	Tr 1/27	Student Presentations	Introduction	Assign. # 1 Part 1
3	T 2/1	Lecture: Presentations Unit	Presentations / Powerpoint & Killer PP & How Not to Use PPT & TED (Hans Rosling)
4	Tr 2/3	Lecture: Basics & Equations of change	The Basics & Present Value	Assign. # 1 Part 2
5	T 2/8	Student Presentations		Assign. #2 Presentations
6	Tr 2/10	Student Presentations
7	T 2/15	Presentation Debriefing & Lecture: Spreadsheets I
8	Tr 2/17	Lecture: Spreadsheets II	Spreadsheets	Assign. #3 Spreadsheet Part 1
9	T 2/22	Lecture: Spreadsheets III		Assign. #3 Spreadsheet Part 2
10	Tr 2/24	Lecture: Spreadsheets IV		Assign. #3 Spreadsheet Part 3
11	T 3/1	Exam1
12	Tr 3/3	Lecture: Graphs I
13	T 3/8	Lecture: Excel Graphs I		Assign. Graphs Part 1
14	Tr 3/10	Lecture: Excel Graphs II		Assign. Graphs Part 2
15	T 3/15	Statistics I	Statistics
16	Tr3/17	Statistics I		Assign Stats: Part 1
17	T 3/19-3/27	Spring Break		Spring Break
18	T 3/29	Final Projects
	Tr 3/31	Student Presentations		Assign. S&T
19	T 4/5	The question / hypothesis	TBA	TBA
20	Tr 4/7	The early search	TBA	TBA
21	T 4/12	Show me the numbers	TBA	TBA
22	Tr 4/14	Final project Update	TBA	TBA
23	T 4/19	Student Presentations	TBA	TBA
24	Tr 4/21	Final project Discussions	TBA	TBA
25	T 4/26	Final project Discussions	TBA	TBA
26	Tr 4/28	Final project Discussions	TBA	TBA
	TBA	Final Presentations