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Hello, and welcome
to summer term.

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I'm creating some of

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these quick instructional
videos just to walk you

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through things to expect

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this summer in this
particular course,

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which is the
introduction to aging,

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a six-week online
asynchronous course.

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Just to get us started here,

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I'm going to show you

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the Canvas course and walk

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you through what to
expect a little bit here.

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We'll go through the
syllabus a bit as

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well. This is the home page.

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This is now live,

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and you can find information
here on the home page,

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just very general
information such

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as information about me.

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You can go to this link here and

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see a little bit of
information about me,

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including contact information
and my office hours.

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At any point, feel free to
drop into this Zoom link.

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This will be my
virtual office space,

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and I will be there
Tuesdays from 9:00 A.M. to

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noon and Wednesdays from
10:00 A.M. to noon.

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Going back to the
home page here.

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You will also find a
link to the syllabus.

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I'm going to go over
this here in a moment.

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You'll find a link to the
textbook, which is required.

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It is available online
through the library.

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Make sure you're logged
into your Wolf Web account,

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and go ahead and click
on this link and you can

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access the textbook that way.

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Then you will see modules
listed down here.

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There are only six
modules, one per week,

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and each one will be live at
the beginning of the week.

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I'll just show you what
that looks like for Week 1,

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just to give you a
little bit of an idea.

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Also up here, we have

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some other modules that just
have some helpful resources

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and things that you can

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use if you feel like they
will be helpful to you.

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But Week 1, I have
posted an overview page.

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This is always going to be
the case just to give you

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a overview of what to
expect for the week.

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We cover a lot of
material each week,

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and the term goes
by really fast.

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It's important that you
stay on top of all of

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your assignments and all of

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your readings as
much as possible,

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because it's very easy to get

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behind in a course like this.

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Just want to make
sure that you are

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as organized as possible.

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We've got some content
here for you to explore.

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The focus for this
first week is learning

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just generally what
is gerontology about.

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We're going to talk about
the longevity dividend,

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and how we can think
about population aging in

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a more positive way
versus using a lot

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of ageist stereotypes
and attitudes.

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We're going to talk
about ageism in

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general and social
theories of aging,

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and the science of aging,

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so getting into,

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what are the mechanisms
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the process of aging
physiologically?

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We will talk about some
physical changes of aging,

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so some of the things that
happen to us physically like

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our skin wrinkling and

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our hair turning gray,
and things like that.

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For each week you're going
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a discussion forum as a way for

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you to engage with the material.

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This week is mostly a
way for you to introduce

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yourselves to each other

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and get to know
who's in the class.

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You also have a quiz.

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This will be a way for you to
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and then an opportunity to

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just reflect back on what
you did for the week,

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and make sure that you've

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completed all of
your assignments.

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We're going to go
over to the syllabus.

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Again, you can access this from

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the home page by clicking
on this button here,

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or you can also access it
by clicking on the panel.

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You can do a preview by

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clicking here or you can
download this document.

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We're going to go ahead and
just do a preview here.

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Again, this is a
six-week course.

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It runs pretty quickly.

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I just have some
information here at

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the beginning about
the description,

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the required text, the goals.

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I'm not going to go
through this in detail,

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but if you have any
questions whatsoever,

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please feel free to reach
out to me as needed.

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This is a course that fulfills
a Gen Ed requirement,

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which is one of the really

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positive things
about this course.

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It also is one of

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the requirements for the
gerontology certificate.

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Whether you're thinking
about a certificate

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or a minor, or a major,

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this is the best course to start

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with because it
really does give you

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that foundational material that

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you need for the
gerontology curriculum.

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I have some information here
about how to communicate.

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Most information is going
to go to your email.

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I do post announcements,

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and those should be also set up

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to go to your email inbox.

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Please just make sure to keep

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track of any information
that's coming to you.

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Again, it's easy to fall
behind in a course like this.

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I just want to make sure that
you are staying on top of

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all of the information that
I am communicating to you.

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I'll be keeping track
of your participation

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through your engagement and
your assignment submissions.

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If I do notice that
you're falling behind,

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I will likely be making

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a referral to the student
success in advising.

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Just keep that in mind.

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I do want to make
sure that you're able

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to successfully
complete the course.

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My late policy essentially is,

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I can't really accept
late discussion posts,

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quizzes, or exams.

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That being said, make
sure you reach out to me.

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A lot of times I can be
flexible and re-open

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an assignment and still

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allow you to submit
something if it's late.

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Papers, I generally will accept

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up to four days late with
an automatic deduction

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of 10% after the due
date for each day.

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Again, reach out to me if

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you have any questions on that.

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I've got some other information

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here about some misconduct,

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guidelines, mandatory
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A couple things I want
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This is the grading
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You'll notice like
for assignments,

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everything is still
graded on this scale.

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At the end of the term,

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when you get your final grade,

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if it is something
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this is a new policy
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it's actually going to be
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rather than a D- or an
F as your final grade.

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This is just a way mostly
to help students keep

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their GPA up so that if you are

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getting something less
than a D in the course,

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it will just be a no credit

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and will not impact
your GPA ultimately.

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You will need to retake
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a requirement, but hopefully,

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this is a way that
students can be

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better supported in terms
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Let me get to our
assignments here.

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As I said, every
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see opportunities for
engaging and applying,

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so that we do those through
discussions and quizzes.

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Those are really just
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Weeks 1 through 5.

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Week 6 is going to be a
little bit different,

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because that's when you're
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your final exam and pulling
everything together.

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Also your gerontology paper is

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something that you'll be
working on throughout the term.

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Just to give you a little

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bit more information about this.

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Again, after you explore
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you'll be engaging with
your peers in discussion

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and then applying your
knowledge through quizzes.

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I just realized I say
Moodle here in my syllabus,

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and I really should say
Canvas, not Moodle.

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The assignment that I
mentioned is your paper.

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You're going to be
writing a research paper

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of a topic of your interest.

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I will be providing some
video instructions on that,

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so you'll get more detail

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here very soon about
the gerontology paper.

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Then the only exam that you have

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in this course is your final.

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It's going to be
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but longer, and it will be

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cumulative of
everything you learned.

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This is something that, again,

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I will provide some more

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detailed instructions
so that you

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feel more prepared as
we get closer for that.

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Of course, I have the
outline here that just

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shows what to expect
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The dates of each week,

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and also the topics that
we're going to be covering.

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You'll see that each week we
cover a variety of topics.

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Again, it's a very
quick condensed course.

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Your paper will be due
at the end of Week 5,

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so just make sure to
be prepared for that.

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Then like I said,
your final exam

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will be due at the
end of Week 6.

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That's going to be Friday,

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and you'll have all day to
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That just gives you a little bit

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of an overview of
what to expect.

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Again, the course moves fast.

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Make sure that you reach out
if you've got questions.

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I'm happy to answer
questions as needed,

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and I'm happy to
meet with you during

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office hours at any time.

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Good luck, welcome to summer,

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and I hope you all are
doing really well.