Syllabus [pdf]
Schedule of class meetings, due dates, and readings:
| 1 | Tuesday, January 29 | Course Introduction, Context Film #1 My Brooklyn |
| 2 | Thursday, January 31 | Context Film #2 Citizen Jane + Discussion |
| 3 | Tuesday, February 5 | Context Film #3 The Human Scale + Discussion; Blog post #1 due |
| 4 | Thursday, February 7 | Research Seminar, Review of Site Documentation Report Template; Sketching & perspective drawing |
| Tuesday, February 12 | College is closed | |
| 5 | Thursday, February 14 | Downtown Brooklyn Walking Tour #1; Blog post #2 due |
| 6 | Tuesday, February 19 | Research seminar; site visit & site report discussion |
| 7 | Thursday, February 21 | Downtown Brooklyn Walking Tour #2 |
| 8 | Tuesday, February 26 | Research Seminar, Archival Research Overview |
| 9 | Thursday, February 28 | Research Methodologies, Newspapers + Databases; Site Report #1 due |
| 10 | Tuesday, March 5 | Research Seminar, Evaluation of Sources; Brooklyn Matters screening |
| 11 | Thursday, March 7 | Brooklyn Public Library Central Library Brooklyn Collection |
| 12 | Tuesday, March 12 | Site + Archive Findings, Emerging Themes; Social Science methodologies guest lecture |
| 13 | Thursday, March 14 | New York Public Library, Map Division |
| 14 | Tuesday, March 19 | Research Seminar: Geographic & Map Research; Topic Development & Mid-Term Prep |
| 15 | Thursday, March 21 | Mid-Term Presentation Prep; Site report #2A due |
| 16 | Tuesday, March 26 | Mid-Term Presentations (Summary, Theme, Method, Outline, Bibliography); Site report #2B due |
| 17 | Thursday, March 28 | Mid-Term Presentations (Summary, Theme, Method, Outline, Bibliography) |
| 18 | Tuesday, April 2 | Final Project: Theme + Group Formation |
| 19 | Thursday, April 4 | Group Work: Outline |
| 20 | Tuesday, April 9 | Research Seminar: Annotated Bibliography |
| 21 | Thursday, April 11 | Site visit: Barclays Center |
| 22 | Tuesday, April 16 | Group Work: Research |
| 23 | Thursday, April 18 | Group Work: Annotated Bibliography; Outline due |
| Tuesday, April 23 | Spring Break; library is open 9-5 | |
| Thursday, April 25 | Spring Break; library is open 9-5 | |
| 24 | Tuesday, April 30 | Group Work: Final Project |
| 25 | Thursday, May 2 | Group Work: Final Project; Annotated Bibliography due; Podcast workshop |
| 26 | Tuesday, May 7 | Group Work: Final Project |
| 27 | Thursday, May 9 | Group Work: Final Project Editing |
| 28 | Tuesday, May 14 | Group Work: Final Project Editing |
| 29 | Thursday, May 16 | Final Project Presentations |
| 30 | Tuesday, May 21 | Final Project Presentations / Wrap Up |
