Schedule

ModuleWeekTopicReadings, Videos, Quizzes, Assignments, Logs, & ExamsComplete prior toTotals (approximate)
Module 0Week 1 SyllabusThu Aug 26
12 PM

📖 23 pages

📺 47 minutes

Module 1Week 1 Language Technology from the Sumerians to Today
  • Video playlist (133 minutes)
  • Chapter 1 (p. 1‑8)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 1a
Fri Aug 27
11 PM

📖 8 pages

📺 133 minutes

Week 2
  • Video playlist (180 minutes)
  • Chapter 2 (p. 9‑29)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 1b
Fri Sep 03
11 PM

📖 21 pages

📺 180 minutes

Module 2Week 3 How Writing Represents LanguageFri Sep 10
11 PM

📖 21 pages

📺 252 minutes

Week 4Fri Sep 17
11 PM

📖 25 pages

📺 165 minutes

Fri Sep 17
11 PM
Module 3Week 5-6 DeciphermentFri Oct 01
11 PM

📖 36 pages

📺 173 minutes

Fri Oct 01
11 PM
Module 4Week 6-7 The Invention of PrintingFri Oct 08
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 Oct 15
11 PM

📖 29 pages

📺 100 minutes

Week 9Fri Oct 22
11 PM
Module 1-5Week 9
  • Mid-term Exam
Tue Oct 19
11 PM
Module 6Week 9-10 Artificial IntelligenceFri Oct 29
11 PM

📖 28 pages

📺 210 minutes

Fri Oct 29
11 PM
Module 7Week 10-11 Precursors to Language Computing
  • Video playlist (98 minutes)
  • Chapter 6 (p. 142-187)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 7
Fri Nov 05
11 PM

📖 46 pages

📺 98 minutes

Module 8Week 12 Modern Language TechnologyFri Nov 12
11 PM

📖 28 pages

📺 135 minutes

Week 13
  • Chapter 8 (p. 216-241)
  • Quiz 8b
  • Reading log
Fri Nov 19
11 PM

📖 26 pages

  • Course Project Part 2
Fri Nov 19
11 PM
Week 14 Thanksgiving Break
Module 9Week 15 Language and the Internet
  • Chapter 9 (p. 242-255)
  • Reading log
  • Quiz 9a
Fri Dec 03
11 PM

📖 14 pages

Module 9Week 16
  • Chapter 10 (p. 256-258)
  • Reading log
Fri Dec 10
11 PM

📖 3 pages

  • Homework 4
Fri Dec 10
11 PM

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