# Calendar

Course calendar.
SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
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1-4 | Introduction to New Orleans history: Colonization-present day |
5-6 | Introduction to Katrina and Rita Watch: When the Levees Broke |
7 | Tools: Learn to use GIS |
8 | Presentation of Corners and Squares Project | Corners and Squares project due
9 | Introduction to New Orleans projects |
10 | Guest speaker: Jeff Herbert, Wetmore Visiting Practitioner, Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois |
11 | Tools: Learn to use Rhino | Baseline analysis due
12 | Guest speaker: Lakshmi Sridaran, Public Policy Coordinator, Neighborhood Partnerships Network, New Orleans |
13 | Guest speaker: Schools as hubs for regenerating community development |
14 | Tools: Learn to use Adobe programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) |
15 | Tools: Learn to use GPS tracking with assistance from librarian |
Spring break: Trip to New Orleans
| Arrive in New Orleans: Explore French Quarter |
| All day tour of New Orleans with Richard Campanella, Assistant Research Professor, Tulane University |
| Breakfast with the client and start projects Guerilla planning project |
| Field work on projects Make It Right tour Neighborhood Partnership Network community meeting with Lakshmi Sridaran |
| Field work on projects |
| Field work on projects (cont.) Dinner with clients |
Arrive back in Cambridge
16 | Recap of New Orleans trip and discussion of final projects |
17 | Workshop: How to create successful maps and visuals |
18 | Workshop: How to write final reports and official memos |
19 | Guest speaker from If This House Could Talk-Community action | Proposal for final projects due
20 | Workshop: How to be a successful public speaker |
21 | Outline work plan for the rest of the semester |
22-23 | Work Day |
24 | Peer editing of reports | Draft of final report due
25-26 | Work day |
27 | Peer editing of posters | Draft of poster due
28 | Work day |
29-30 | Presentation of final report and poster | Final report and poster due
31 | Presentation of final work to clients in New Orleans (in New Orleans) |