| Class | Dates | Main Topics |
| 1 | W 01/28 | Class canceled due to inclement weather |
| 2 | M 02/02 | Overview and rationale of the consulting lab, class,
and learning goals; assignment of team projects |
| 3 | W 02/04 | Brainstorm and discussion on resume writing |
| 4 | M 02/09 | Discussion on effective teamwork skills; progress report on team project |
| 5 | Th 02/12 | Demonstration of tutorials and peer-review; team project due |
| 6 | M 02/16 | Discussion of the peer-reviews; assignment of individual project |
| 7 | Th 02/19 | Library search techniques and discussion on information literacy |
| 8 | M 02/23 | Technical discussion on webpage design |
| 9 | Th 02/26 | Discussion on communication skills (Cabrera and McDougall, Chapter 2) |
| 10 | M 03/01 | Overview presentations of individual projects; project reports due; assignment of presentation topics |
| 11 | Th 03/04 | Student presentations by Justin Newcomer and Jonathan Desi |
| 12 | M 03/08 | Student presentations by Ronny O. Vallejos and Zorayr Manukyan |
| 13 | Th 03/11 | Student presentations by Rupa Bhensdadia and Steve M. Clark |
| 14 | M 03/15 | Discussion of students' webpages and resumes; webpage and resume due |
| 15 | Th 03/18 | Discussion on professional consulting
(Cabrera and McDougall, Chapter 4) and checklist for client meeting; start of consulting project |
| M 03/22 | Spring Break | |
| Th 03/25 | Spring Break | |
| 16 | M 03/29 | Math 750: Advanced file access in Matlab
(textread, Unix grep and cut) Stat 750: Advanced topics in Statistics |
| 17 | Th 04/01 | Report on the background of the consulting projects |
| 18 | M 04/05 | Math 750: Advanced visualization in Matlab
(HandleGraphics, 3-D graphics, etc.) Stat 750: Advanced topics in Statistics |
| 19 | Th 04/08 | Draft proposal of work for the consulting projects |
| 20 | M 04/12 | Math 750: Efficient Matlab programming
(vectorization, profiling) Stat 750: Advanced topics in Statistics |
| 21 | Th 04/15 | Progress reports on consulting projects |
| 22 | M 04/19 | Math 750: Example: custom slice plots of tetragonal mesh data Stat 750: Advanced topics in Statistics |
| 23 | Th 04/22 | Final progress reports on consulting projects |
| 24 | M 04/26 | Math 750: Other tools of scientific and parallel computing
(C/C++, MPI, etc.) Stat 750: Advanced topics in Statistics |
| 25 | Th 04/29 | Preparation of class presentations and final reports |
| 26 | M 05/03 | Class presentations of consulting projects |
| 27 | Th 05/06 | Class presentations of consulting projects |
| 28 | M 05/10 | Review of the class and discussion |