Class Schedule

Class Schedule

09.13. Introductions & Topic Finding
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340

All sections – Room 340 (https://nyu.zoom.us/j/3580537004)

6-6:05 welcome
6:05-6:45 intros
6:45-7:30 Class Presentation
– What is Pre-Thesis?
– The Syllabus & Expectations

7:30-7:45 questions

7:45-8 break

Section A – Room 307 – materials
Section B – Room 308 – materials
Section C – Room 310 – materials

8:00-8:30 regroup in classrooms, Class Exercise: Narrowing Down a Research Topic
8:30-8:40 go over assignment for next week, answer questions

Homework

 

09.20. Developing Good Research Questions
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340

6-6:10 Welcome and Questions
6:10-7:30 Class Presentation & Lecture

  • Different ways to do research
  • Mapping and modeling what you know and don’t know

7: 30-7:40 break

  • Hypothesis generation and developing research questions

7:40-8:30 In-class Exercises in section rooms

Section A – Room 307 – materials
Section B – Room 308 – materials
Section C – Room 310 – materials

8:30-8:50 Regroup in Room 340 and debrief\discuss homework

Homework

  • Schedule time next week for one-on-ones with your thesis instructor
  • Update your process blog

09.27. One-on-Ones (No Class)
Location as determined by your Professor’s office hours

Homework

10.04. Presentation I (Groups A\B\C concurrently)
Section A in Room 308; B in 307; C in 310

  • Groups present their topic areas, research questions, and exploratory research

Homework

10.12. Secondary Research
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340

Homework

  • Create a list of readings: books, academic and industry papers, essays etc. in order to understand the topic, as well as research papers, examples and case studies of projects done by artists, designers or technologists working in your area. Begin secondary research.
  • Choose a citation style and establish a system for organizing your citations as you take notes on readings
  • Identify at least one other student to form a “reading group” with, choose a reading to prepare for next week
  • Schedule time and hold one-on-ones with your thesis instructor next week
  • Update your process blog.

10.18. One-on-Ones (No Class)
Location as determined by your Professor’s office hours

Homework

  • Continue working on refining and doing secondary research on your topic
  • Discuss reading with your reading group via Zoom or Slack (or other format). Reflect on this in process blog
  • Update your process blog

10.25. Presentation II: Group 1
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340

  • Group 1 presents their topic areas and research questions
  • Group 2 watches in-person or remotely and participates in peer feedback

Homework

  • Continue working on refining and doing secondary research, taking feedback received from the group presentations.
  • Update your process blog.

11.01. Presentation II: Group 2
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340

  • Group 1 presents their topic areas and research questions.
  • Group 2 watches in-person or remotely and participates in peer feedback

Homework

  • Continue working on refining and doing secondary research, taking feedback received from the group presentations
  • Please read John Creswell, Research Design, Chapter 9, and Sarah Pink, Digital Ethnography, Chapter 1
  • Update your process blog
  • Please complete this Self Assessment Survey

11.08. Primary Research
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340
Link to Ahmed’s Presentation
Link to Elizabeth’s Presentation

  • Discussion on method and methodology; research through practice; exploratory, generative, and evaluative research
  • In-class workshops

Homework

  • Please go over the Five Pathways to Thesis document and think about how you’re going to structure your next phase of thesis.
  • If doing design research, create a research plan to conduct exploratory research either digitally or in the field over the next three weeks (you may use the protocol template here).
  • Please read Martin & Hanington, Universal Methods of Design, Selections I if doing design research.
  • If doing practice-based research conceptualize and start developing your first set of prototypes or pre-development materials.
  • Schedule time and hold one-on-ones with your thesis instructor.
  • Update your process blog.

11.15. Developing A Research Plan
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340
Link to Ahmed’s Miro Exercise
Link to Dan’s Exercise for Group 1 and 2

  • Covering different methods in field and digital qualitative research; developing a research plan
  • Discussion on how to conduct evaluative research; covering methods in evaluative research; how to collate findings and derive insights for next steps
  • In-class exercises: Affinity diagramming and Coding Data
  • Visit from Tandon Career Services (TBC) 

Homework

11.22. One-on-Ones (No Class|Thanksgiving Weekend)
Location as determined by your Professor’s office hours

Homework

  • Continue working on conducting primary research
  • Schedule time and hold one-on-ones with your thesis instructor.
  • Update your process blog.

11.29. One-on-Ones (No Class)
Location as determined by your Professor’s office hours

Homework

  • Continue working on conducting primary research
  • Update your process blog.

12.06. Presentation III: Group 1
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340

  • Final Presentations for the semester for Group 1
  • Group 2 watches in-person or remotely and participates in conversation via Slack

Homework

  • Continue working on developing insights from research and making prototypes
  • Update your process blog
  • Submit one-page research summary and plan to instructor 

12.13. Presentation III: Group 2
Sections A, B, C meet in rm340

  • Final Presentations for the semester for Group 2
  • Group 1 watches in-person or remotely and participates in conversation via Slack

Homework

  • Continue working on developing insights from research and making prototypes
  • Update your process blog
  • Submit the first two chapters of your dissertation by end of week

12.17. Deadline for Final Deliverables

  • Submit all of the final deliverables to your primary instructor