FYS 100.139: Schedule

This page lists the schedule topics and readings for the course. This schedule will be updated throughout the semester: any changes will be announced in class and on the course website.

For class meetings where a reading is listed, make sure you have done the reading before you come to class. Also note that there are suggestions regarding when to start some of the readings.

The agendas for each day will include some notes about the day’s topic and activity, and may also include discussion questions. Please read each agenda before you come to class. Keep in mind that the agenda may include things you need to do to prepare for the day’s activity: these will be indicated with the following graphic:

In the readings, LP is the textbook (Learning Processing). For other readings, see list below.

Date	Topic	Activity	Agenda	Reading
Sep 1	Expectations for college	Discussion	Day 1
Sep 3	Expectations for college	Discussion	Day 2	NYTEd30Jul15, Lahey15
Sep 8	Visual art: Computer images	Lab 1	Day 3	(Start Noll67) LP, Introduction, Chapters 1–2
Sep 10	Visual art: Elements and repetition	Lab 2	Day 4
Sep 15	Visual art: Generative art	Lab 3	Day 5	LP, Chapters 4–5 ShiffmanNOCCh8
Sep 17	Visual art: Animation	Lab 4	Day 6
Sep 22	Visual art: Discussion day	Discussion	Day 7	Noll67
Sep 24	Visual art: Presentations	Presentations	Day 8
Sep 29	Music: What is sound? What is music?	Lab 5	Day 9	See agenda
Oct 1	Music: Rhythm patterns	Lab 6	Day 10
Oct 6	Music: Melody, basic music theory	Lab 7	Day 11
Oct 8	Music: Composition	Lab 8	Day 12
Oct 13	Music: Random music?	Lab 9	Day 13
Oct 15	Music: Sample playback	Lab 10	Day 14
Oct 20	Fall break, no class
Oct 22	Music: Work day	Work day	Day 15
Oct 27	Music: Discussion day	Discussion	Day 16	Guardian1Jul12, IAMUSDocumentary, 0musicPlaylist
Oct 29	Music: Presentations	Presentations	Day 17
Nov 3	Humanities: Digital humanities	Lab 11	Day 18	NYTArts17Nov10
Nov 5	Humanities: Analyzing text and language	Lab 12	Day 19	MichelAidenTEDJul2011
Nov 10	Humanities: Mapping literature and history	Lab 13	Day 20
Nov 12	Humanities: Discussion day	Discussion	Day 21
Nov 17	The YCP General Education Curriculum	Discussion	Day 22	GenNext
Nov 19	Humanities: Presentations	Presentations	Day 23
Nov 24	Science: Modeling and simulation	Lab 14	Day 24
Nov 26	Thanksgiving vacation, no class
Dec 1	Science: Measuring the physical world	Lab 15	Day 25
Dec 3	Science: Measuring the physical world (continued)	Lab 15	Day 26
Dec 8	Science: Discussion day	Discussion	Day 27	MakerMovement, DIYRevolution, MakingIt
Dec 10	Science: Presentations	Presentations	Day 28
Dec 15	Society: Discussion day	Discussion	Day 29	FourEthicalIssues

Readings/Videos/Media:

NYTEd30Jul15: Advice for New Students From Those Who Know (Older Students), New York Times, July 30th, 2015
Lahey15: Jessica Lahey, When Success Leads to Failure, The Atlantic, August 11th, 2015
Noll67: A. Michael Noll, The digital computer as a creative medium, IEEE Spectrum, Volume 4, Issue 10, Oct 1967 (Note that you will need to download this article from campus)
ShiffmanNOCCh8: Daniel Shiffman, The Nature of Code, Chapter 8
IAMUSDocumentary: IAMUS / MELOMICS documentary
Guardian1Jul12: Iamus, classical music’s computer composer, live from Malaga, Philip Ball, in The Guardian, July 1st, 2012
0musicPlaylist: 0music
NYTArts17Nov10: Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities’ Riches, New York Times, Nov 17th, 2010
MichelAidenTEDJul2011: What we learned from 5 million books, TEDxBoston 2011
GenNext: Gen Next at York College
MakerMovement: The Maker Movement, Dale Dougherty, Innovations, Volume 7, Number 3, Summer 2012
DIYRevolution: The ‘maker movement’ creates D.I.Y. revolution, Noelle Swan, The Christian Science Monitor, July 6, 2014
MakingIt: Making It: Pick up a spot welder and join the revolution, Evgeny Morozov, The New Yorker, January 13th, 2014
FourEthicalIssues: Four Ethical Issues of the Information Age, Richard O. Mason, MIS Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 1, 1986. (You will need to be connected to the YCP network to access this article.)