- Feb. 7, Monday - Theme chosen and approved
- April 11, Monday - Preliminary bibliography prepared - at least 10 sources (NO ENCYCLOPEDIA, TEXTBOOKS, WIKIPEDIA - although these might be a good place to start to guide you). USE CAUTION with Internet sites (these must be approved as well).
- April 11, Monday - Research question approved
- May 2, Monday - Detailed (i.e. 50) note cards from 10 sources that MUST INCLUDE the source/PAGE NUMBERS for each note!
- May 9, Monday - Check-in-progress - OUTLINE HALF DONE
- Annotation of 2 OPPOSING sources due that can be referenced in the text - origin, purpose, use, limits
- May 16, Monday - ESSAY OUTLINE DUE
- June 13, Monday - ROUGH DRAFT completed
- July 11, Monday - Comments and suggestions returned via e-mail
- July 25-29 (Skype interview) - Summer progress check
- September - FINAL DRAFT completed
- October - EXTENDED ESSAY SUBMISSION