Carl Hiaasen, Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World | |
James Howard Kunstler, Home From Nowhere: Remaking Our Everyday World for the 21st Century | |
Robert W. McChesney, Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy |
***Attendance | 10% | |
***In-class participation | 10% | |
***WebCT Forum participation | 10% | |
Thought paper | 10% | |
Newspaper journal | 1-5% | |
Service journal | 1-5% | |
1-4 response papers | 10% each | |
1-4 website reviews | 10% each | |
Final reports/projects | 25% each |
Attendance | 5% | |
In-class participation | 5% | |
WebCT Forum participation | 5% | |
Pop quizzes | 15% |
Jan 5 | no reading |
Jan 7 | WebCT Tutorial -- meet in XXX xxxx |
Jan 12 | James Carey, "A Cultural Approach to Communication" |
Raymond Williams, "Culture Is Ordinary" | |
Jan 14 | Raymond Williams, "Communications and Community" |
Jan 19 | Thought paper due |
Community service proposal due | |
James Carey, "A Republic, If You Can Keep It" | |
Jan 21 | Robert Bellah et al., "Democracy Means Paying Attention" |
Jan 26 | Grading contract due |
Philip Slater, "I Only Work Here" | |
Jan 28 | Stephanie Coontz, "My Mother Was a Saint" |
Feb 2 | Last day to make your first WebCT post without penalty |
Stephanie Coontz, The Way We Never Were [chs. 1-2] |
Feb 9 | In-class film screening: Roger and Me |
Feb 16 | Journal #1 due |
Carl Hiaasen, Team Rodent | |
Michael Pollan, "Town-Building Is No Mickey Mouse Operation" |
Feb 23 | Website review #1 due |
Robert McChesney, Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy |
Mar 2 | Journal #2 due |
Mark Edmundson and Earl Shorris, "On the Uses of a Liberal Education" | |
Jennifer Johnson, "At Risk: The Future" |
Mar 16 | Website review #2 due |
Ray Oldenburg, The Great Good Place [selections] |
Mar 23 | Journal #3 due |
James Howard Kunstler, Home From Nowhere, pp. 15-80 | |
Mar 30 | Website review #3 due |
James Howard Kunstler, Home From Nowhere, pp. 81-149 | |
Apr 6 | Journal #4 due |
James Howard Kunstler, Home From Nowhere, pp. 150-195 | |
Apr 13 | Website review #4 due |
James Howard Kunstler, Home From Nowhere, pp. 196-249 | |
Apr 20 | Journal #5 due |
James Howard Kunstler, Home From Nowhere, pp. 250-302 | |
David Harvey, "The New Urbanism and the Communitarian Trap" |
Apr 27 | Final projects due |
5 pm | deadline for WebCT posts |
all rewritten assignments due |