Fall 2008 WiSE Weekly Schedule
		Section 1, Monday 3:00 - 3:50 pm in Olmeca Room 111
				with Prof. Bill Welsh
		______________________________________________________
       			   <some dates and events are tentative>


    **	Sep  2	No class (Labor Day)

    	Sep  8	Introduction to WiSE and SDSU; Strategies for Success;
		"Passport" info; Lab demo 1: CO2 is heavier than air;
		[Campus Resources homework assignment]

   	Sep 15	Campus Resources presentations by students;
		Initial discussion of the book "Three Cups of Tea";
	**	Must attend a Wellness Workshop: Sep 15-19 (Tula or Cholula)
		[Three Cups of Tea key sentence homework assignment]

   	Sep 22	Discussion/presentations by students on "Three Cups of Tea";
		[lab reading assignment; Meyer-Briggs assignment; Mt. Laguna
		waiver homework]

   	Sep 29	Further discussion of "Three Cups of Tea"; 
		Lab demo 2: UV & IR electromagnetic radiation
		[work on your passports; Mt. Laguna prep homework]

   **	Oct 04	Field trip to Mt. Laguna Observatory; Sat 4:30-10:00 pm
   **	Oct 06  No Class - trip to MLO instead

   **	Oct 13	Guest Speaker: Dr. Estralita Martin (Assistant Dean for Student
		Affairs, College of Sciences, SDSU)
		** 4 pm class in Maya **
		[continue to work on your passports]

   **	Oct 20	Guest Speaker: Dr. Shelli McAlpine (SDSU Chemistry Dept)
		** All students attend the 4 pm class in Maya **
		[lab reading assignment]

    	Oct 27	Lab "Measuring the Invisible" Part 1: LED circuits & Infrared
		Light
		[continue to work on your passports & Three Cups of Tea
		presentation]

   **	Nov 03	Tour of the SDSU Visualization Center Lab (Dr. Eric Frost)
		[continue to work on your passports]

    	Nov 10	Study Skills & Time Management
		[Time Management homework; lab reading assignment]

   	Nov 17  Lab "Measuring the Invisible" Part 2: IR and Carbon Dioxide 
   **           Must Attend "Tunnel of Oppression" (Nov 16-19, 4-9 pm @ Tula)
		[ToO assignment; Autobiography homework]

   	Nov 24	ToO follow up and Guest Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Papousek, Chair
		of Mathematics, Fisk University, Nashville, TN
		[presentation on science related to the Three Cups of Tea]

   	Dec 01	Student presentations on science topics related to the
		book "Three Cups of Tea"
		[finish passports]

   	Dec 08	Semester Reflection and Wrap-up; Passports due

	Plus WiSE activities/programs in the residence hall community with the
	Maya+Olmeca RAs and AMs.

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	General themes weaved throughout the course:
	- Strategies for success in the sciences/engineering/mathematics
	- Special concerns for women choosing a career in the sciences
	- "Measuring the Invisible": experiments and demos to help "visualize"
		and measure the invisible
	- Learning to use SDSU resources and being involved on campus
	- Growth as a student and as a whole person
	- Knowing yourself / self reflection / understanding values
	- Appreciation of diversity
	- Having fun!