2.5 SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENTS BY WEEK
All major papers and Weekly Progress Reports are to be uploaded on to Stellar.
Week 1
Activity
Lectures (various)
Lectures (various)
Read Course Manual, Sec. 1-4, App. AC
Read Project Management Mod. 2-6
Download Entrance Conference Booklet
(ECB)
Sign up for Entrance Conference
Set up Dropbox
Rotation schedule (c.f. ECB)
Fill out Situational Leadership
Questionnaire (Mod 9)
Ground Rules, Mission Statement,
Strengths & Weaknesses, Expectations
(c.f. ECB)
Web-based and lab-specific EHS
training
Decide on time for weekly Team
Meeting
Decide on time for weekly Faculty
Meeting
Library training
Excel training
PowerPoint training
Week 2
Week 3
Time or due date
Tues, Feb 2, 1-5pm, Rm
Thurs, Feb 4, 1-5pm, Rm 4-370
by Thurs, Feb 4, 1pm
by Thurs, Feb 4, 1pm
by Thurs, Feb 4, 1pm
by Sat, Feb 6, midnight
Recorder by Sat Feb 6
Recorder uploads to website by
Sat, Feb 6 midnight
By Sat Feb 6 midnight
Recorder uploads to Dropbox by
10PM night before Entrance
Conference
Must be completed before
entering lab
Record in first weekly Progress
Report
Record in first Weekly Progress
Report
Sign up as instructed
Sign up as instructed
Sign up as instructed
Lectures (Situational Leadership,
Logical Framework)
Read Situational Leadership Module 9
Read Course Manual, Sec. 5-7, App D,E
Project Leader creates Agendas
Read Project Management Mod. 7 & 8
Entrance Conferences
Literature search and lab tours
Individual CI-M meetings
Tues, Feb 9 , 1-3pm, Rm 4-370
CI module on “Communication
Concepts and Reading the Background
Literature”
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#1
Team Entrance Conferences
Thomas Killian Conflict Inventory
by Mon, Feb 15
2-1
by Tues, Feb 9, 1pm
by Tues, Feb 9, 1pm
due 24 hrs before sched meetings
Before Entrance Conference
See schedule
Consult Faculty Advisor
See schedule with CI-M
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
See schedule
Due Sat, Feb 20, 11am
(TKI)
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Lecture (Communications: Oral
Presentations)
CI module on “Writing a Proposal”
Proposal due (Individual)
Team Entrance Conferences
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#2
Thurs, Feb 25, 1-2pm, Rm 4-370
Proposals returned with comments
CI module on “Oral Presentations”
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#3
Sign up for Leader Transition Meeting
Read Module 10.2, 10.3, 10.4a and b
Assignment: Module 10.4.c
by Thurs, Mar 3, 1pm
by Mon, Mar 1
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
Lecture (Communications: Formal
Reports and Papers)
Oral presentation slides critiqued
Oral presentation schedule posted
Proposal revision due (individual)
Oral Presentations of Proposals
Tues, Mar 8, 1-2pm, Rm 4-370
Rotate Team Roles
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#4
Read Project Management Mod 10
Week 7
Lecture (Communication: Multicultural
Teams)
CI module on “Collaborative Writing”
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#5
Week 8
Spring Break
Week 9
Progress Report
CI module on “Technical Reports”
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
2-2
by Mon, Feb 22
Thurs, Feb 25, 1pm
See schedule
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
Doodle by Mar 4 midnight
By March 4
Faculty meeting
by Wed, Mar 9
Thurs, Mar 10, 1pm
Thurs, Mar 10, 1-5pm, Rm 4-370,
2-131
by Thurs, Mar 10 midnight
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
Read before attending Transition
Meeting
Tues, Mar 15, 1-2pm, Rm 4-370
by Mon, Mar 14
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
March 17 or Thurs, Apr 2, 1pm
By Mon, March 28
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
#6
Week 10 Progress Report returned with
comments
“Sharing the Team Experience”
Oral Presentation slides critiqued
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#7
Sign up for Team Transition Meeting
by Thurs, Apr 7, 1pm
Week 11 Oral presentation schedule posted
Oral presentation of Progress Reports
by Thurs, Apr 7
Thurs, Apr 14, 1-5pm, Rm 4-370,
2 -131
by Thurs, Apr 14 midnight
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
Rotate Team Roles
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#8
Tues, Apr 12 1-3pm, Rm 4-370
Faculty meeting
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
Doodle by April 6 midnight
Week 12 Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#9
Sign up for Exit Conference
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
Week 13 Final Report (optional draft)
Completion Report
Team Exit Conferences
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#10
Tues, Apr 26, 1pm
Due night before Exit Conference
See Exit Conference Schedule
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
Week 14 Team Exit Conferences
Final report draft returned with
comments
Oral presentation slides critiqued
Oral presentation schedule posted
Project Leader creates Agendas
Recorder writes Weekly Progress Rpt
#11
See Exit Conference Schedule
Tues, May 3, 1pm
Week 15 Oral Presentations of Final Reports
Tues, May 10, 1- 5 pm Rm 4-370
and 1-135
See Exit Conference Schedule
Thurs, May 12, 1-5pm
Thurs, May 12, 1pm
Team Exit Conferences
Lab Clean-up
Final Report due
2-3
Doodle by April 24 midnight
Faculty meeting
By Fri May 6
24 hrs before sched. meetings
24 hrs before Faculty Mtg
2-4