Overview of previous weeks
Week at a glance: Apr. 16 - Apr. 18
We begin work on extended projects with a discussion on Tuesday (in O’Neill) about oral presentations, and workshop our projects on Thursday (in Fenwick).
Week at a glance: Apr. 2 - Apr. 4
We begin work on extended projects with a discussion on Tuesday (in O’Neill) of what makes good scholarship, and workshop in initial work plans on Thursday (in Fenwick).
Week at a glance: Mar. 26
- Tuesday: work on lab 4
- Thursday: no class (Easter break)
Week at a glance: Mar. 19 - 21
- Tuesday: discussion of project ideas (in Fenwick 420)
- Thurday: workshop formal project proposal (in O’Neil)
Week at a glance: Mar. 12 - 14
- Tuesday: normalization, comparison, alignment
- Thursday: introdution to course projects
Week at a glance: Feb. 27 - 29
- Tuesday: defining features
- Thursday: tree models in textual criticism: five versions of Lincoln’ Gettysburg Address
Week at a glance: Feb. 20 - 22
- Tuesday: Zipf’s Law
- Thursday: language evolution
Week at a glance: Feb. 13 - 15
- Tuesday: we meet as a separate section for the first time to consider one of the most amazing patterns in nature, that was first observed in relation to language: Zipf’s Law. On Thursday, This week we introduce DNA sequences, and compare ways to work with sequences of symbols in DNA and in texts.
- Thursday: we meet in O’Neill to interpret the language data we have gathered as an evolutionary tree
Due dates this week
- Wednesday, 12:00: Data form
- Thursday, 12:00: Lab 2 due
- Friday, 12:00: Lab 2 assessment of collaboration
Week at a glance: Feb. 6 - 8
This week we introduce DNA sequences, and compare ways to work with sequences of symbols in DNA and in texts.
Due dates this week
- Tuesday, 12:00: Lab 1 due
Week at a glance: Jan. 30 - Feb. 1
We meet in in O’Neil 101 for both classes this week. We develop a model for rhetorical style that we will apply the following week to two speeches from the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery, and learn how to express our data model in Julia.
Due dates this week
- Tuesday, 12:00: follow your daily class instructions to submit a proposed data model for rhetorical style
- Tuesday, due in class: each group should bring one copy of your group compact signed by all members of your group
Week at a glance: Jan. 23 - 25
We meet in O’Neil 101 for both classes this week.
We will introduce the course’s subject matter on Tuesday. Jim Cahill from Educational Design and Digital Media Services will visit us on Thursday, as we introduce and test the technologies we will rely on this semester.
Due dates this week
- Wednesday, 12:00: complete this Google form with introductory survey information
- Thursday, 12:00: submit required assignment for today’s class preparation.
Welcome!
Classics 199-S05, “Papyrus to Pixels,” is offered jointly this semester with BIO 199-S02, “Change Through Time.” Our two courses will meet together in O’Neil 101 on several occasions. (NB: including the first day of class!) When the courses meet separately, CLAS 199-S05 will meet in Fenwick 420.
Our coordinated courses are organized in three main sections:
- Modelling species and texts
- Classifying species and texts
- Interpreting change through time
A major part of your course assignments will focus on hands-on work, including:
- Small-group labs modelling, classifying and interpreting evolution/transmission
- Developing an original research project