1. 06 September — Course organization, evaluation [exam and optional group project or research paper] & (see also web links); student questions, overview of course objectives.

2. 13 September — Primary & Secondary education I: structure, administration, access, financing, equality of opportunity; community involvement, taxation. Pre-school education, the primary school, and junior high: socialization & the "3 R's"

3. 20 September — Primary and Secondary education II: The comprehensive high school: diverse options & open structure; parochial and private schools and home study options; importance of extracurricular and co-curricular activities. Options available via parochial and private schools, charter schools, home schooling, vouchers and other sociopolitical considerations affecting public schooling

4. 27 September — From High School to 'College': Undergraduate education and the B.A. degree, #1. Higher education alternatives available, how one applies and is admitted.

5. 04 October — Undergraduate education and the B.A. degree, #2. Structure of the B.A. degree and undergraduate course structure and grading.

6. 11 October — Student life on (and off) campus: Extracurricular and other activities, sororities, social, academic and professional fraternities, student politics, etc. E-mailed questions due today
   
   

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7. 25 October — Graduate study, academic and professional: admission and study programs, connection with faculty mobility, equal opportunity/affirmative action; etc. International mobility and academic credential transferability.
   

8. 01 November — Student Questions, #1

9. 08 November — Student Questions, #2

10. 15 November — Publication of open-book exam.

11. 22 November — (independent work on exams)

12. 29 November — Exam answers due
    
    (Please also take a moment to complete a course evaluation form!)
    
    

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TRENAK13 (FAST-US-5) is an optional course in both the FAST and ETRAN curricula. Evaluation is by number grade based on an open-book take-home exam (two credits), with additional credit possible via optional group projects or supervised research papers. Students must also submit two questions by the scheduled date (as plain e-mail text; not as attachments). Supplementary outside reading on relevant material is expected.

Exam answers may be submitted as plain e-mail, as web pages or in RTF format. Questions, projects and papers will be archived in the US-5 web directories. Students should subscribe to USA5-L and consult the US-5 web resources.