Discoveries Week Syllabus: Graphic Writing across Cultures

Professor: John Tiedemann (John.Tiedemann@du.edu);

Orientation Leader: Melanie Kesner (Melanie.Kesner@du.ed)
Discoveries Room: Newman 229
Track: Evans 9
Course blog: http://graphicwriting.blogspot.com/
Tuesday
8:459:45: Pioneer Passage
10:1512:00: First Dialogues Session (Newman 229)
10:1510:45: Introductions
11:1512:00: What do I really want to get from my college education?
12:001:30: Lunch (Centennial Halls)
1:304:30: Second Dialogues Session (Newman 229)
2:003:00: Classroom etiquette and the DU Honor Code
3:003:30: Read and discuss Umberto Eco, The Myth of Superman
4:305:30: All-Campus Lecture: Please attend whichever lecture intrigues you the most, and then, by tomorrow morning,
please email me a 300500-word response to the following: What was the most exciting and/or surprising new idea you
encountered at the lecture? What was exciting or surprising about it?
1. Imagine a Great City: DU and the Making of Multiracial Denver Tom Romero Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman
Center
2. Excavating Denver: The City Artifact Bonnie Clark & Dean Saitta Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center
3. Visual Analytics: Making Better Decisions in a Complex World Kelly Keeling Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall
4. Performing America: Colorado and the US Theatre in the 19th Century Sarah Crockarell & Greg Ungar Byron
Theatre, Newman Center
5. 150 Years: The Evolution of College Life into an Increasingly Diverse, Global, and Digital World Samuel D. Museus
Events Space, Anderson Academic Commons
Wednesday
8:0010:00: Dialogues Session (Newman 229) / Language placement and advising.
Students who have not yet taken a language placement exam should do so at this time. (See locations below.)
Students needing additional advising for languages may also attend. Please let your Orientation Leader know if you
will be attending this session. All other students report to our Dialogues classroom.
Arabic: Sturm Hall #333 Chinese: Sturm Hall #311 Hebrew: Sturm Hall #157
Japanese: Sturm Hall #303 Latin: Sturm Hall #201 Russian: Sturm Hall #333
Spanish, German, Italian and French: Sturm Hall #353 and #354
10:0012:00: Major Advising Sessions:
Biological Sciences - Lindsay Auditorium, Sturm Hall
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Geography, Environmental Science, Physics/Astronomy, Mathematics - Anderson
Academic Commons, Events Space
Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science - Byron Theatre, Newman Center
Daniels College of Business - Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center
International Studies - Olin #105, Olin Hall
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences - Davis Auditorium, Sturm Hall
Undeclared - Sturm Hall, Rm #451
12:001:30: Lunch (Centennial Halls)
1:303:15: Dialogues Session: Creating your schedule. (Newman 229)
3:305:00: Discussion of life outside the classroom (TBA). You must attend this meeting to receive your registration time.
Thursday
8:004:30: Registration (Anderson Academic Commons). Specific time TBA. Students who are receiving any form of
financial aid must attend a Financial Aid and Billing session. Students whose registration time is before 12:00 p.m. should
attend the 1:302:30 p.m. session. Students whose registration time is after 12:00 p.m. should attend the 10:3011:30 a.m.
session. Both sessions will take place in in Davis and Lindsay Auditoriums, Sturm Hall.
12:001:30: Lunch (Centennial Halls)
Friday
Destination Day! Were going downtown to visit the Denver Art Museum and Tattered Cover Books! Please be sure to be
at the University of Denver RTD Light Rail Station at 11:15 p.m. sharp, so that we can be at the museum by noon!