assignments, and the quality and quantity of work completed from week to week. Assignmentswill be discussed throughout the course, with specific requirements spelled out. See gradingbreakdowns at the end of this document.
Classroom Conduct
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Students are to focus their attention on the subjects at hand in the classroom, i.e., lectures,presentations, discussions, and teamwork sessions and set aside all other activities.
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All open communication (talking) should be relevant to the subject at hand and havevalue to the class as a whole.
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Competitiveness between students and teams will be friendly and encouraging at alltimes.
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All other rules of behavior will be discussed and agreed to by the class on the first day.
Academic Ethics
Any form of disruptive behavior or scholastic dishonesty, such as plagiarism, cheating, orcopying other’s work will not be tolerated and may result in loss of credit.
Drop Procedures
(see http://utdallas.edu/student/registrar/calendar/) If you are unable to complete this course, you should withdraw from it. Withdrawing from acourse is a formal procedure, with a specific published deadline, which you must initiate. Theinstructor cannot do it for you. You must do this through the Registrar’s Office.
Course Schedule & Outline
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Class 1
Introductions, syllabus, overview, goals, expectations, supplies, etc.Lecture/Discussion:
Overview & Choosing Arenas of Interest to Study
Assignment #1: Choose two subject arenas of interest; one primary and onesecondary. Write short paragraph descriptions for each and email to instructor.1/21
Class 2
Lecture/Discussion:
Society/Tech/Business Trends – Secondary Research
Assignment #2: Start gathering information in the public domain about yourprimary area of interest to file away for future bibliographic references and sendsample of the most interesting references to instructor. Secondary Researchshould continue throughout the semester.1/28
Class 3
Discussion: Brief Q&A about everyone’s subject & early understandingLecture/Discussion:
Design Custom Research Tools – Primary Research
Assignment #3: Develop research plan; email to instructor for feedback and startprimary field research. Be prepared to share early findings at next class.2/04
Class 4
Lecture/Discussion:
Heuristic Discovery – New Knowledge & Redirection
Work-Session: Share findings so far for feedback and preliminary analysis.Assignment #4: Email status report to instructor including samples of newknowledge for feedback and continue primary field research. Be prepared toshare findings at next class.2/11
Class 5
Lecture/Discussion:
Analysis & Frameworks – Innovation Engines
Work-Session: Share discoveries that had an impact on findings.
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