Forensics & Mystery Writing

This syllabus is a fluid document that may change to incorporate new opportunities or to enhance learning. Any changes will be announced in class and will be posted to this site. You should reexamine this site on a weekly basis. (Room locations can be found on the schedule page.)

WEEK ONE ( 1-3 to 1-7)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Tue: 1-4	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Handouts, Overview, How to Take Minutes, Group Formation Discussion
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Forensics: Investigation of Traumatic Deaths	FS chpt 3,
Wed: 1-5	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Group Brainstorm
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Brainstorm
Thur: 1-6	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing Lecture: Group Dynamics and Revising	Group Summary (W, F) special room location Sem 2: A 1107
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Dynamic Exercise: Bafa Bafa	special room location Sem 2: B 1107
	7:00 PM --9:30 PM	Movie Night: Courage Under Fire

WEEK TWO ( 1-10 to 1-14)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Mon: 1-10	8:15 AM --4:45 PM	Forensic Laboratory: Dissection of a Fetal Pig	Prelab in lab notebook
Tue: 1-11	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Library Research Methods, Short Stories & Research Requirement, Submitting to Journals	special room location Library 3614 (first hour) regular room for second hr
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Forensics: Fire and Explosion Investigation	FS chpt 22,
Wed: 1-12	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Eye Witness Testimony Workshop	special room location Library 1612
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Brainstorm
Thur: 1-13	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Seminar: Vertical Burn	seminar quiz
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Editing	Group Summary (W, F) Lab Notebooks, Lab Journals (due in faculty offices)
	2:00 PM --3:00 PM	Science Tutor
	7:00 PM --9:30 PM	Movie Night: Backdraft

WEEK THREE ( 1-17 to 1-21)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Tue: 1-18	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Guest Speaker: Earl Emerson , Author and Fire Fighter
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Forensics: Footwear and Tire Tracks	FS chpt 16 & 17, Some workshop pieces due
Wed: 1-19	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Peer Editing
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Brainstorm
Thur: 1-20	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Seminar: Deadly Feasts , Part One (chpts 1-8)	seminar quiz
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Editing	Group Summary (W, F) , Writing Group Hardcopy , Forensic Case Description
	2:00 PM --3:00 PM	Science Tutor
	7:00 PM --9:30 PM	Movie Night: Diva (French subtitled)

WEEK FOUR ( 1-24 to 1-28)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Mon: 1-24	8:15 AM --4:45 PM	Lab: Tire Tracks and Shoe Imprints	prelab in lab notebook
Tue: 1-25	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing: Subplots and Building Sympathy
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Forensics: Forensic Psychology	FS chpt 26 , Some workshop pieces due
Wed: 1-26	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing Workshop / Peer Editing
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Brainstorm
Thur: 1-27	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Seminar: Deadly Feasts, Part Two	Evan: seminar quiz , Rebecca: group article presentations
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Editing	Group Summary (W, F)
	2:00 PM --3:00 PM	Science Tutor
	7:00 PM --9:30 PM	Movie Night: The Thin Man (1934)

WEEK FIVE ( 1-31 to 2-4)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Mon: 1-31	8:15 AM --4:45 PM	Lab: Chemical Sleuthing	Prelab in notebooks
Tue: 2-1	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Guest Speaker: Iris Rucker, Prison Psychologist	(Take home exam made available)
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Forensics: Blood Splatter Evidence	FS chpt 11 , Some workshop pieces due
Wed: 2-2	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing Workshop / Peer Editing
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Brainstorm/Editing	Group Summary (W, F) Group Minutes, Forensics Crime Scene Report & Lab Needs
Thur: 2-3	Day of Presence	see web site for activities http://www.evergreen.edu/multicultural/dayofabsencepresence.htm	Lab Notebooks & Lab Journals (all due in Rebecca's office)
Fri: 2-4	Day of Absence	see web site for activities http://www.evergreen.edu/multicultural/dayofabsencepresence.htm

WEEK SIX ( 2-7 to 2-11)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Mon: 2-7	9:00 AM -- 4:00 PM	Forensics Teams: Open Lab Time for Investigations
Tue: 2-8	All Day	Field Trip to Correctional Facility	Peer Evaluation for Group Projects, Some workshop pieces due
Wed: 2-9	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing Workshop / Peer Editing
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Brainstorm	Take Home Forensic Exam (turn in at Rebecca's office: lab 1, 1026)
Thur: 2-10	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Seminar: The Undertaker's Widow	seminar quiz
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Editing	Group Summary (W, F) , Writing: Group Hardcopy
	2:00 PM --3:00 PM	Science Tutor
	7:00 PM --9:30 PM	Movie Night: The Thin Blue Line

WEEK SEVEN ( 2-14 to 2-18)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Mon 2-14	9:00 AM -- 4:00 PM	Forensics Teams: Open Lab Time for Investigations
Tue: 2-15	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing:
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Guest Speaker: Elijah Cavins, "The Prison Experience"	Some workshop pieces due
Wed: 2-16	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing Workshop / Peer Editing
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Brainstorm
Thur: 2-17	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Group Editing
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Editing	Group Summary (W, F) , Writing Groups: Electronic Submission, Forensics: Laboratory Findings
	2:00 PM --3:00 PM	Science Tutor
	7:00 PM --9:30 PM	Movie Night: The Mothman Prophecy

WEEK EIGHT ( 2-21 to 2-25)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Tue: 2-22	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Forensics: Profiling	FS chpt 19 , Some workshop pieces due
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Guest Speaker: Phillip Margolin, Author & Retired Defense Attorney
Wed: 2-23	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing Workshop / Peer Editing
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Project Writing Workshop, Group Brainstorm
Thur: 2-24	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Seminar: A Thief of Time	seminar quiz
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Editing	Group Summary (W, F) , Forensics: Interview Account
	2:00 PM --3:00 PM	Science Tutor
	7:00 PM --9:30 PM	Movie Night: Memento

WEEK NINE ( 2-28 to 3-4)

Day	Time	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Tue: 3-1	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Forensics: Final Exam
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM	Writing:
Wed: 3-2	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Writing Workshop / Peer Editing
	11:30 AM -- 1:00 PM	Group Editing
Thur: 3-3	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM	Group Editing
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM	Group Editing	Group Summary (W, F) , Group Minutes, Group Hard Copy and Electronic Copy
	2:00 PM --3:00 PM	Science Tutor

WEEK TEN ( 3-7 to 3-11)

Day	Time and Room	Topics & Details	Assignments Due
Tue: 3-8	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM Sem 2, E 1107	Group Presentations	Peer Evaluations of Group Projects, Portfolio's due at faculty offices(Evan's, Rebecca's)
	12:00 PM -- 2:00 PM Sem 2, B 1105	Group Presentations
Wed: 3-9	9:00 AM -- 11:00 AM Long House 107 b & c	Group Presentations	All Short Story Revisions Hard Copy and Electronic Copy
Thur: 3-10	10:00 AM -- 11:00 AM Long House 107 b, c	Group Presentations
	12:00 PM --2:00 PM Long House 107 b, c	Program Potluck

 

EVALUATION WEEK IS MARCH 14 THROUGH MARCH 18 (conferences begin tuesday)

FS = Forensic Science Edited by Stuart H. James & Jon J. Nordby

FALL QUARTER SYLLABUS

Created by Rebecca Sunderman (sundermr@evergreen.edu) .....Last Updated on 3-3-05