Schedule

ModuleWeekTopicReadings, Videos, Quizzes, Assignments, Logs, & ExamsComplete prior toTotals (approximate)
Module 0Week 1 SyllabusThu Jan 20
11 PM

📖 23 pages

Module 1Week 1 Language Technology from the Sumerians to Today
  • Video playlist (133 minutes)
  • Chapter 1 (p. 1‑8)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 1a
Fri Jan 21
11 PM

📖 8 pages

📺 133 minutes

Week 2
  • Video playlist (180 minutes)
  • Chapter 2 (p. 9‑29)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 1b
Fri Jan 28
11 PM

📖 21 pages

📺 180 minutes

Module 2Week 3 How Writing Represents LanguageFri Feb 04
11 PM

📖 21 pages

📺 252 minutes

Week 4Fri Feb 11
11 PM

📖 25 pages

📺 165 minutes

Wed Feb 16
11 PM
Module 3Week 5-6 DeciphermentFri Feb 25
11 PM

📖 36 pages

📺 173 minutes

Fri Feb 25
11 PM
Module 4Week 6-7 The Invention of PrintingFri Mar 04
11 PM

📖 18 pages

📺 60 minutes

Module 5Week 7-8 Writing, Literacy, & Society
  • Video playlist (100 minutes)
  • Chapter 5 (p. 113-141)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 5
Fri Mar 11
11 PM

📖 29 pages

📺 100 minutes

Week 9 Spring Break
Module 1-5Week 10
  • Mid-term Exam
Tue Mar 22
11 PM
Week 10Fri Mar 25
11 PM
Module 6Week 10-11 Artificial IntelligenceFri Apr 01
11 PM

📖 28 pages

📺 210 minutes

Module 7Week 11-12 Precursors to Language Computing
  • Video playlist (98 minutes)
  • Chapter 6 (p. 142-187)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 7
Fri Apr 08
11 PM

📖 46 pages

📺 98 minutes

Module 8Week 13 Modern Language TechnologyFri Apr 15
11 PM

📖 28 pages

📺 135 minutes

Fri Apr 15
11 PM
Week 14
  • Chapter 8 (p. 216-241)
  • Quiz 8
  • Reading log
Fri Apr 22
11 PM

📖 26 pages

Fri Apr 22
11 PM
Module 9Week 15 Language and the Internet
  • Chapter 9 (p. 242-255)
Fri Apr 29
11 PM

📖 14 pages

Module 9Week 16
  • Chapter 10 (p. 256-258)
Fri May 06
11 PM

📖 3 pages

Fri May 06
11 PM
Fri May 06
11 PM

This course entails approximately 326 total pages of required readings and 25 total hours of videos for the semester.