Schedule
Week 1 Jan 16 - Jan 19
Thursday, 1/18
Syllabus & Course Introduction
Week 2 Jan 22 - Jan 26
Wed, 1/24:
Post introduction on Slack
Thursday, 1/25:
you're gonna be a pilot. no, for real.
Drones: history and future
Drones in Journalism
Week 3 Jan 29 - Feb 2
Wed, 1/31:
Post Scrapbook 1
Thursday, 2/1:
Airspace & Sectional Charts
Regulations
Legal Mumbo Jumbo
Week 4 Feb 5 - Feb 9
Wed, 2/7:
Post Scrapbook 2
Thursday, 2/8:
Weather
Loading and Performance
Quarter-term reflection essay
Week 5 Feb 12 - Feb 16
Wed, 2/14:
Post Scrapbook 3
Thursday, 2/15
Operations and Procedures
Stick Skills: Basic Piloting
Stick Skills: Obstacle Avoidance
Week 6 Feb 19 - Feb 23
Wed, 2/21:
Post Scrapbook 4
Thursday, 2/22:
Photo and Video Skills
Week 7 Feb 26 - Mar 1
Wed, 2/28:
Post Scrapbook 5
Thursday, 2/29:
Quiz: Airspace and Sectional Charts; Regulations
creating a flight plan
keeping a flight log
Week 8 Mar 4 - Mar 8
Wed, 3/6:
Post Scrapbook 6
Thursday, 3/7:
Quiz: Weather; Loading and Performance
Stick Skills: Pull-away shots, tracking shots, arc shots
Spring Break
Week 9 Mar 18 - Mar 22
Wed, 3/20:
Post Scrapbook 7
Thursday, 3/21
Mid-term reflection essay
Stick Skills: Pull-away shots, tracking shots, arc shots
Week 10 Mar 25 - Mar 29
Wed, 3/27:
Post Scrapbook 8
Thursday, 3/28
Ethical Cases
Stick Skills - shooting project footage
Week 11 April 1 - April 5
Wed, 4/3:
Post Scrapbook 9
Thursday, 4/4
Quiz: Part 107 Knowledge
Project Shooting
Week 12 April 8 - April 12
Wed, 4/10:
Post Scrapbook 10
Thursday, 4/11
Project Shooting
Week 13 April 15 - April 19
Wed, 4/17:
Post Scrapbook 11
Thursday, 4/18:
Photo and Video Editing
Week 14 April 22 - April 26
Thursday, 4/25
Final Project Editing
Week 15 April 29 - May 3
Thursday, 5/2
Final Project Presentations
Final Reflection Essay