Sessions
Ten short hands-on exercises, one per taught concept, each worth 1% of the final grade.
Sessions are where you actually do the exercise a week’s concept demands — a hands-on task tied to that week’s idea, not a discussion of it or a restatement of the lecture. Ten sessions, weeks 2 through 11, each worth 1% toward the final grade.
Session 1: Component Teardown
Tag which of the four apology components are present, absent, or hollow in a real apology
Weight: 1%
Session 2: The Ablation Test
Remove one component at a time from a working apology and identify which removal actually breaks it
Weight: 1%
Session 3: Spot the Non-Apology
Sort a set of real "apologies" into genuine vs. non-apology and name the specific deflection each one uses
Weight: 1%
Session 4: Who Does This Serve?
Diagnose which of four functions — repair, self-protection, reputation management, closure — a real apology's wording actually serves
Weight: 1%
Session 5: One Apology, Two Audiences
Draft a private and a public version of the same apology and identify exactly what has to change between them
Weight: 1%
Session 6: Same Words, Different Clock
Test how delaying delivery or switching medium changes what an otherwise-identical apology means
Weight: 1%
Session 7: Who's Expected to Go First
Map a scenario's power relationships to work out who is obligated to apologise and who is excused
Weight: 1%
Session 8: Forgiveness on Whose Terms
Analyse a case where accepting an apology is coerced, withheld, or used as leverage
Weight: 1%
Session 9: Words vs. Actions
Design a concrete repair action for a harm that no apology alone would fix
Weight: 1%
Session 10: Should You Even Apologise?
Argue for silence or deferral as the responsible move in a scenario built to tempt a premature apology
Weight: 1%