Revised Due Dates

Course Schedule & Assignments

• All readings and blog questions are due on the day they are listed. (e.g. when you arrive in class on February 5th, you should have read TT p. 9-34 and Reading Packet 1 and completed the blog entry the previous Monday)
• TT = The Theory Toolbox
• Blog questions are taken directly from the TT using the pages and questions listed.

29 January, 2008

• Syllabus Introduction & Review
• Review TT to choose a few sections for presentations/case studies

5 February, 2008

• TT, Introduction, p. 1-8
• Reading Packet #1
• Opening blog Why did you choose this class, or, why did you choose Cultural Studies? What about “culture” interests you enough to study it? What do you think “culture” is?
• In Class Preparation: Bring in one item you believe reflects your culture; be prepared to discuss why and what you feel it explains about your culture.

12 February, 2008

• TT, Author/ity & Reading , p. 9-34
• Reading Packet #2
• Blog Question: p. 20, Question 3 OR p. 32-3

19 February, 2008

• TT, Subjectivity, p. 35-50
• Reading Packet #3
• Blog Question: p. 48-50

26 February, 2008

• TT, Culture, p. 51-70
• Reading Packet #4
• Blog Question: p. 69-70

4 March, 2008

• TT, Culture, p. 70-82
• Reading Packet #5
• Blog Questions: p. 79-30, Question 2 OR 3
• TAKE HOME MIDTERM ASSIGNED

11 March, 2008

• TAKE HOME MIDTERM DUE

18 March, 2008

• TT, Ideology, p. 83-94 and History, p. 95-108
• Reading Packet #6
• Blog Questions: p. 92, Question 1 p. 106-7 OR Question 2

25 March, 2008

• No Class Spring Break

1 April, 2008

• TT, Space/Time, p. 109-124
• Reading Packet #7
• Blog Questions: p. 123, Question 1

8 April, 2008

• TT, Posts, p. 125-140 (through Poststructuralism)
• Reading Packet #8
• Blog Question: p. 131

15 April, 2008

• 15 April, 2008 TT, Posts, p. 140-155
• Reading Packet #9
• Blog Question: p. 150

22 April, 2008

• TT, Differences, p. 157-175 (through Queer)
• Reading Packet #10
• Blog Question: p. 170

29 April, 2008

• TT, Differences, p. 175-191
• Reading Packet #11
• Blog Questions: p. 186, Question 1 OR 2

6 May, 2008

• TT, Agency, 193-206
• Reading Packet #12
• Blog Questions: p. 195 Question 1 OR 2
• FINAL EXAMS ASSIGNED

13 May, 2008

• FINAL EXAMS DUE
• Blog Question: Consider one cultural artifact, theory, practice or belief that we did not study that this class has caused you to reconsider. At what point did you begin to question your previous assumptions or understanding? Which parts of the readings and discussions gave rise to your reconsideration and how did it shape the new meaning you think you have come to understand?