Digital Technology and Culture

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Senior Seminar

As most of you know, a requirement of the DTC major is the completion of the Senior Seminar. With the Senior Seminar students have two options: Those who are interested in pursuing a job after graduation are encouraged to take the Internship (DTC 498), which John Barber oversees; those interested in graduate school are encouraged to take a formal, project-driven course, which I oversee.

The course that has traditionally served as the Senior Seminar course is DTC 476. This course will continue to be used for this purpose until I create a special DTC course for the Senior Seminar, which should happen for fall 2008.

Because the enrollment for DTC 498 and DTC 476 are small, we have to be careful about when to offer them since the university requires a certain number of students to "make" the class. It is for that reason that the two courses are not both offered in the summer. The key is to offer a good course rotation so that students can get the courses when the students need it *and* for the courses to have enough students in them to satisfy university enrollment requirements.

That said, we are offering DTC 476 this summer and in fall 2007 and NOT in spring 2008. And we are offering DTC 498 in the fall 2007 and spring 2008 and NOT in the summers.

**********So, if you are a student planning to graduate next spring (2008) and you need to complete the Senior Seminar requirement, you should plan on taking these courses when they are available. Once again, here are your choices:************

Summer 2007: DTC 476 (Summer II)
Fall 2007: DTC 498 and DTC 476
Spring 2008: DTC 498

There is still room in the summer DTC 476 course that begins next Tuesday and room in both DTC 498 and DTC 476 offered in the fall.

If you are uncertain about your future plans, contact Teresa or me for advising. The key is not to find yourself trying to graduate and needing a course that is not offered. Plan ahead!

posted by: grigar at 21:34 | link | comments (3) |

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#1  14 June 2007 - 02:26

 

what about the third option of a senior project for those of us who started the program while this was still being offered. how do we go about persuing that option?

thank you

sarahc

#2  14 June 2007 - 03:09

 

The third option stated in the catalog is an independent study. We can't sustain independent studies anymore since there is only two of us teaching as DTC faculty and the program has grown to close to 100 students. From what I can tell about the senior project is that in the past it was undertaken in the Senior Seminar course, or the Internship, or the Independent Study.

Sarah, if this is you, I tried to send you a copy of FA 434 syllabus. The message bounced back to me. Let me know what your new email address is and I will resend it.

Best,
Dene

grigar

#3  [In moderation]   14 June 2007 - 03:47

 

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