ASSIGNMENTS AND DATES

                               JANUARY

 11 Introduction to Ethnography; Spradley, Chapt 1
 13 First Chapter of Kirk/Miller (Exc: Observation)

 18  Martin Luther King Holiday (no class)
 20  Kirk and Miller (First half)

 25  Kirk and Miller (remainder)
 27  Discussion of Research Topics; QUIZ #1

                               FEBRUARY

  1 Doing Critical Ethnography (Thomas) First half
  3 Critical Ethnography (Remainder)

  8 Kirk and Miller (Remainder)  - PAPER #1 (topic)
 10 Class Exercise: Observation

 15 Dirty Data paper (Handout)
 17 Spradley (Chapts 2-3)      QUIZ #2

 22 Spradley (steps 1-4)
 24 Spradley (steps 5-8)  (Intro to Coding)

                                MARCH

  1 Spradley (steps 9-10)
  3 Spradley (Steps 11-12)

  8 Finish Spradley  - PAPER #2 (Interviewing)
 10 Summary of Interviewing and Coding (QUIZ #3)

 13-20 SPRING BREAK

 22 Begin Goffman (Intro to dramaturgy) concepts (1st half)
 24 Developing and Applying Goffman's concepts

 29 Finish and review Goffman  -  (2nd half)
 31 Conceptual development & Analysis (PAPER #3 (biblio)

                                APRIL

  5 Beginning of Grounded Theory (Library Reserve) - QUIZ #4
  7 Grounded theory (con't - handouts)

  12 Grounded Theory, Conclusion
  14 No official class - informal consultation

  19 Writing Ethnography: The Audience
  21 No official class (Suggested PAPER 4 due)

  26 Lecture TBA
  28 Final QUIZ (#5)
                                 MAY

   4 Final Substantive Class period
   5 FINAL PAPERS DUE --

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