Week by Week Schedule for the ECE300 Class

Week 1

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 01/19/04			Martin Luther King Holiday
Wednesday 01/21/04	Introduction: Class Syllabus
Friday 01/23/04		W1: Basic Tools - Planning

Week 2

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 01/26/04	U&E1: Product Develop.
Wednesday 01/28/04	Teams vs. Groups Teams Selection		Assignment #1 Ind. Cover Lett.
Friday 01/30/04	Reporting on TEAM Projects

Week 3

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 02/02/04		W6: Professional Applications
Wednesday 02/04/04	U&E3: Product Planning		Assignment #1 Due
Friday 02/06/04		GPG: Intellectual Merit, Broader Impact	Assignment#2: Team Memo

Week 4

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 02/09/04		W8: Technical Information
Wednesday 02/11/04	U&E3 continued: Product Planning
Friday 02/13/04		NSF-SBIR Proposal Guide	Assignment #2 Due

Week 5

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 02/16/04		W9: Abstracts and Executive S.	Assignment #3: Team Report 1
Wednesday 02/18/04	Report on SBIR-GPG
Friday 02/20/04		W4: Designing the Document

Week 6

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 02/23/04		W3: Organizing for Readers
Wednesday 02/25/04	U&E2: Dev. Process and Org.
Friday 02/27/04	U&E6: Concept Generation

Week 7

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 03/01/04	U&E6: Concept Generation	W12: Online Media	Assignment #3 Due
Wednesday 03/03/04	U&E5: Product Specification		Assignment #4: NSF Resume
Friday 03/05/04		Discussion on writing resumes, proposals	Midterm Assignment

Week 8

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 03/08/04		W7: Instructions and Procedures
Wednesday 03/10/04		W13: Etics
Friday 03/12/04		Basic Structure of Informal Reports	Assignment #4 due

Spring Break Week9: 03/15/04-03/21/04

Week 10

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 03/22/04		Resume and Biographical Sketch
Wednesday 03/24/04		A tutorial on the proposal budget	Assignment #4 due
Friday 03/26/04		Groups 1&2 presentations

Week 11

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 03/29/04		Groups 3&4 presentations	Midterm due
Wednesday 03/31/04		Groups 5&6 presentations	Assignment #5
Friday 04/02/04		Groups 7&8 presentations

Week 12

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 04/05/04		Groups 9&10 presentations
Wednesday 04/07/04		Groups 11&12 presentations
Friday 04/09/04		Presentations discussion	Assignment #5 due

Week 13

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 04/12/04	U&E4: Identify Customer Needs		Assignment #6
Wednesday 04/14/04	U&E4: Identify Customer Needs		Final Project Assigned
Friday 04/16/04		W8 & W10:

Week 14

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 04/19/04	U&E5 Review
Wednesday 04/21/04	U&E5 Review
Friday 04/23/04		Writing the Proposal (GPG)	Assignment #6 Due

Week 15

Day	Design Component	Writing Component	Assignment
Monday 04/26/04	U&E6 Review
Wednesday 04/28/04	U&E6 Review
Friday 04/30/04		Writing the Proposal (GPG)