11.945 | Spring 2006 | Graduate

Katrina Practicum

Calendar

Below is the calendar for the course. Please note that a detailed schedule from the trip to New Orleans is included as a PDF document.

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction  
2 Work Session: Background Research  
3 New Orleans Context  
4 Work Session: Background Research Group reflection assignment due
5 New Orleans Environmental History/Context

Guest Lecturer: Dan Etheridge

 
6 Data Report-back

Demographics Group Presentation

Presentation due
7 Work Session

Housing and Environmental Group Presentations

Presentation due
8 Survey Development

Environmental Group Presentation (cont.)

Presentation due
9 Work Session  
10 Housing Group Presentation (cont.) Presentation due
11 Work Session: Trip Presentation  
12 Work Session: Trip Presentation (cont.)  
13 Work Session: Trip Presentation (cont.)  
  Site Visit (8 Day Trip) (PDF) Observation assignment due day 4
14 Racism, Society, and New Orleans

Guest Lecturer: Gus Newport, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Former Mayor of Berkeley, CA

 
15-16 Work Session  
17 Update on Student Projects  
18 Check-in/Work Session  
19-25 Work Session  
26 Final Presentation Final project due