Assignments by week

Deliverables are due at the Thursday meeting of the week listed; due dates are final deadlines, and items may (and often should) be completed early. Bold entries are thesis checkpoints and the substantial writing assignments; ◆ marks a week carrying a thesis deliverable.

Wk	Date	Thesis & assignments
1	Aug 27	Create calculus notebook
2	Sept 3	Three accounts of origins
3	Sept 10	◆ Research question + ANI chart due
4	Sept 17	—
5	Sept 24	◆ Advisor confirmed; Paragraph #1 (Iliad IX)
6	Oct 1	Work on college applications
7	Oct 8	Work on college applications
—	Oct 15	NO MEETING — no assigned work
8	Oct 22	◆ Annotated bibliography due
9	Oct 29	—
10	Nov 5	Essay #1 (Iliad)
11	Nov 12	Paragraph #2 (Oedipus)
12	Nov 19	◆ Lock in thesis plan, Advisor Mtg. #1
—	Nov 26	NO MEETING — Thanksgiving
13	Dec 3	Paragraph Defense (Spielvogel–Theology)
14	Dec 10	Paragraph #4 (Odyssey V)
15	Dec 17	◆ Write-up #1 due (abbreviated)
—	Dec 24	WINTER BREAK — thesis major works only
—	Dec 31	WINTER BREAK — thesis major works only
—	Jan 7	WINTER BREAK — thesis major works only
16	Jan 14	Interpretation Essay (Goldsworthy)
17	Jan 21	—
18	Jan 28	◆ Write-up #2 due; humanism debate
19	Feb 4	—
20	Feb 11	Paragraph #5 (Orthodoxy)
21	Feb 18	◆ Write-up #3 due (+ #4 if used)
22	Feb 25	Paragraph #6 (Aeneid IV)
23	Mar 4	◆ Full outline due; Advisor Mtg #2
24	Mar 11	—
—	Mar 18	SPRING BREAK — no assigned work
—	Mar 25	SPRING BREAK — no assigned work
25	Apr 1	◆ ROUGH DRAFT due
26	Apr 8	◆ Peer review; Advisor Mtg #3
27	Apr 15	—
28	Apr 22	◆ Revised draft + practice talk
—	Apr 29	NO MEETING — no assigned work
29	May 6	◆ FINAL DRAFT due
30	May 13	◆ PRESENTATION & DEFENSE