Jocelyn and I will be working on the final project together to research how the course offerings within the science departments at Carleton have changed since 1867. This project can help us understand how college curriculum in the sciences has changed over time.
Sources: In executing our project, we would make use of Carleton’s database of academic catalogues (1867-present), in order to browse the courses offered at Carleton in the last 150 years. We will also use the Carleton photo archives to learn how the science facilities around campus have changed over time.
Processes: This project will involve looking through 150 years of course catalogues individually to determine trends and major shifts in the science departments at Carleton over time. We will utilize Zotero to keep track of citing our sources, as well as Voyant to look for trends in word usage throughout the course offering catalogs.
Presentation: While there are many possible ways for this final project to take form, we will create an interactive timeline to show how the sciences (course offerings, buildings, etc) have evolved over Carleton’s history. Our timeline inspiration comes from this timeline, which allows the user to hover and click on dates to read about the history of education during that time. From there, we will compare and see where the major shifts in course offerings have been over time. Additionally, we will use SketchUp to create 3D recreations of some of the science buildings on Carleton’s campus.
Deliverables:
- Collect all data on course offerings and building histories – Feb. 20th
- Finish a rough draft of the final project – Mar. 1st
- Be satisfied with our work and publish it – Mar. 9th
Our Personal Interests: Click on the links below to see why we are doing this project!
- Emilee
- Jocelyn
Emilee and Jocelyn, this project on changes in course offerings sound very interesting, and your ideas for how to present it are promising. A few questions and suggestions: