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IST590 Graduate
Colloquium Fall 2006 |
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CLASS:
Meeting time: Friday
11:15 a.m. – 1:10 p.m.
Classroom:
Course URL: http://faculty.ist.psu.edu/angsana/IST590Fall06
INSTRUCTOR: Angsana A. Techatassanasoontorn
Office: 301G
E-mail: angsanat@ist.psu.edu
Phone: 863-6317
Office hours: Mon.,
Wed. 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. or by appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is a continuing seminar which consists of
a series of individual lectures by faculty, students, or outside speakers.
Graduate students are required to participate in a 1-credit colloquium during
every semester of their first two years of study. We will explore specific
topics through discussions, presentations, and readings.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
For this semester, the seminar has three related
goals:
- To develop graduate students’ professional and
scholarly development
- To develop awareness and appreciation of
interdisciplinary research in IST
- To develop students’ appreciation of different
types of research, and a broad range of theories and methods employed in
state-of-the-art research in IST
COURSE MATERIALS:
No textbook is required. There will be some readings
for you to read before participating in some class sessions. It is very
important that you read them before coming to class so you are prepared to
engage in meaningful discussion with the instructor, guest speakers, and other
students.
The following materials are optional for this course,
but are recommended as helpful resources:
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Writing the doctoral dissertation by
Gordon B. Davis Gordon
Davis always told Ph.D. students “A good dissertation is a done
dissertation”. His book offers a broad guideline of dissertation management
process. It discusses several important issues including selection of an
advisor and committee, selection of dissertation topic, and estimating and
scheduling activities to complete a dissertation. |
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ISWorld Ph.D. page Available
at http://www.isworld.org/phd/phd.htm |
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Decision Line(Decision Sciences
Institute publication): Doctoral Student Issues section Available
at http://www.decisionsciences.org/DecisionLine/col-doctoral.htm This
publication features short articles in each issue to help Ph.D. students
manage their programs and careers. Some of the topics include the process of
getting positions in academia, life after doctoral programs, and training
doctoral students in the art of teaching. |
Resources
on Plagiarisms and Authorships:
URL: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag/cyberplagstudent.html.
- Understanding Plagiarism,
URL:
http://education.indiana.edu/~frick/plagiarism/
- iStudy Module on Academic
Integrity, Plagiarism, and Copyright,
URL:
http://istudy.psu.edu/FirstYearModules/CopyrightPlagiarism/Materials.html
- Ethics of Authorship, American Psychological Association
URL:
http://www.apastyle.org/authorship.html
COURSE
REQUIREMENTS:
Class participation (60%)
Learning is more fun when students and instructor
actively engage in materials and lively discussion. Since this seminar is all
about preparing for your success in a graduate program and future careers, I
believe that it should be very encouraging for all of you to participate in
most of the topics we cover.
Class participation is counted through attendance and
participation. You are required to
participate in at least 5 out of 13 class sessions. You are welcome to
participate in all classes. What does participation mean in this course? It
means (1) asking related questions to discussion topics, and research
presentations, and (2) offering your thoughts, opinions or (different) ideas.
To make sure that everyone gets their full participation requirement, I will
randomly assign participation cards to those of you who are required to
participate. What you have to do after receiving the card is to prepare to ask
a question or share your thoughts in the next class session. At the end of each
session, I will collect these participation cards back. Please make sure you
write down your name, class date, and participation comments (questions or
thoughts) before returning it to me.
Lead class discussion (20%)
This is a group assignment. Form a team of 5-7 students.
A team is required to prepare 3-4 presentation slides to jump start one class
discussion. You can use assigned readings or outside resources that you find
helpful to prepare contents of your slides. I am also available as a resource
if you have any questions or need my help. At the end of this assignment, each
team member has to submit an evaluation of the contribution of all team
members. The evaluation will be taken into consideration in the final grade.
Write-up (20%)
Each student is required to write a short reflection
on guest speakers’ presentations. I expect to have 4-5 guest speakers to share
with us state-of-the-art research projects. Please use the reflection template
for your write-up. The deadline to submit write-ups is the following Monday
after a guest speaker session.
UNIVERSITY
POLICIES
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: According to the Penn State Principles and University
Code of Conduct: Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all
academic activity at
Any violation of academic integrity will be investigated, and where warranted,
punitive action will be taken. For every incident when a penalty of any kind is
assessed, a report must be filed. This form is used for both undergraduate and
graduate courses. This report must be signed by both the instructor and the
student, and then submitted to the Senior Associate Dean.
AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION & SEXUAL HARRASMENT: The
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: IST welcomes persons with disabilities
to all of its classes, programs, and events. If you need accommodations, or
have questions about access to buildings where IST activities are held, please
contact us in advance of your participation or visit. If you need assistance
during a class, program, or event, please contact the member of our staff or
faculty in charge. Access to IST courses should be arranged by contacting the
Office of the Senior Associate Dean, 002D
AN
INVITATION TO STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES: It is
COURSE
SCHEDULE (subject to change, last update: August 17, 2006)
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Session |
Session |
Topics and |
Activities |
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1 |
Sept.
8 |
Course overview § Course
introduction § What does a
graduate degree mean to you? § Questions
that you think you might get some answers from this course Mahajan, V. “The Incomplete Autobiography of an Immigrant
Marketing Professor,” Journal of
Marketing, 174, July 2005. [link
to pdf] |
Student
survey Small
group discussion |
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2 |
Sept.
15 |
Discussion: Managing life in a graduate program We
will have 3 seniors to share their experience on: -
Planning your
coursework -
Your
dissertation and research process -
Dos and Don’ts -
Balance your
life -
Thoughts on
careers after graduate school §
Grover, V. “A Rough Model for Success in Doctoral Study,” Decision
Line, 35, 5, October 2004, pp. 23-25, available at http://www.decisionsciences.org/DecisionLine/Vol35/35_5/35_5phd.pdf. §
Grover, V. “10 Mistakes Doctoral Students Make in Managing their
Program,” Decision Line, 32, 3, May 2001, pp. 11-13, available at http://www.decisionsciences.org/DecisionLine/Vol32/32_3/32_3phd.pdf. |
Lead
class discussion Class
participation |
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3 |
Sept.
22 |
Discussion: Getting your dissertation done We will have 2-3 faculty
to share their own dissertation process, and their experience working with
graduate students. §
Gelles, R. “Watson’s Syndrome,” Inside Higher
Ed, June 19, 2006, available at http://www.insidehighered.com/layout/set/print/workplace/2006/06/19/gelles. §
Lage-Otero, E. “Doctoral Dissertation – Looking
Back, Looking Forward,” doctoral candidate, Educational Communication &
Technology, New York University, available at http://amps-tools.mit.edu/tomprofblog/archives/2006/05/720_doctoral_di.html.
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Lead
class discussion Class
participation |
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4 |
Sept.
29 |
Guest
speaker: To be Announced |
Class
participation |
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Oct.
6 |
No
class – Study day J |
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5 |
Oct.
13 |
Discussion: State-of-the-art interdisciplinary
research We
will have IST faculty and, if possible, faculty from other colleges share with
us their exciting interdisciplinary projects and how they have worked
together to develop them. |
Class
participation |
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6 |
Oct.
20 |
Discussion: Conference and journal submission §
Schminke, M. “From the Editors: Raising
the Bamboo Curtain,” Academic of Management Journal, 47, 3, June 2004,
pp. 310-314. [link to pdf] § Santini, S. “We Are Sorry to
Inform You,” Computer, 38, 12, December 2005, 128, 126-127. [link to pdf] |
Lead
class discussion Class
participation |
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7 |
Oct.
27 |
Guest
speaker: To be Announced |
Class
participation |
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8 |
Nov.
3 |
Discussion: Plagiarisms We will have 2-3 faculty who have played various
roles of authors, dissertation advisors, reviewers, editor in chief to share
their viewpoints on plagiarisms and their serious consequences. §
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Kock, N. “A Case of Academic Plagiarism,” Communications
of the ACM, 42, 7, July 1999, pp. 96-104. [link
to pdf] |
Lead
class discussion Class
participation |
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9 |
Nov.
10 |
Guest
speaker: To be Announced |
Class
participation |
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10 |
Nov.
17 |
Discussion: Manuscript review §
Harrison, D. “From the Editors: Obligations and Obfuscations in the
Review Process,” |
Lead
class discussion Class
participation |
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Nov.
24 |
No
class – Happy Thanksgiving J |
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11 |
Dec.
1 |
Guest
speaker: To be Announced |
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12 |
Dec.
8 |
ùùù Open topic: To finalize with students ùùù |
Lead
class discussion Class
participation |
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13 |
Dec.
15 |
Guest
speaker: To be Announced |
Class
participation |
Last update: Friday, September 08, 2006