CSt 1101 Introduction to Cultural Studies Fall 2006 Schedule
Each reading assignment must be completed and prepared for discussion prior to class on the assigned date. This schedule may be updated and changed during the semester; such changes will be announced in class and posted on this website. Schedule changes will appear in red. Seeing & Writing 3 appears as SW3 below. PDF and web readings appear as highlighted links below. Don't forget to also bring your NYT to class.
Date	Topic	Reading Due	Assignments Due
9/5	Introduction: What is Cultural Studies?		Freewriting (in class): The Four Core Areas: What do you see?
9/7	What is Culture?	Online: What is Culture? SW3, Chapter 1, "Observing the Ordinary, pp. 26-37, 54-56	Letter of Introduction Due
9/12	Visual Literacy	SW3, Introduction, pp. 3-11, 17-25 SW3, "Portfolio: Pinkhassov," pp. 74-86 Handout, "Visual Literacy Method"
9/14	Presentation How-To and Discussion	SW3, "PowerPoint is Evil," pp. 644-647	Presentation Groups to meet in class Please bring laptops if you have them!
Identity Politics
9/19	Four Core Areas: What are the Politics of Identity?	SW3, "10 Questions College Officials Should Ask about Diversity," pp. 461-466	Freewriting (in class): Self-identity
9/21	Module 1: Gender	SW3, Chapter 4, "Projecting Gender," pp. 328-335 SW3, "Portfolio: Burson," pp. 370-376 SW3, "Gender Training," pp. 393-405 Online: "Here Come the Metrosexuals"	Film clips: "Gender & Communication"
9/26	Module 2: Race	SW3, Chapter 5, "Examining Difference," pp. 406-421 SW3, "Portfolio: Kalman," pp. 546-550 SW3, "Reel Native Americans," pp. 438-439	Film: "Skin Deep"
9/28	Module 3: Bodies	SW3, "The Story of My Body," pp. 343-351, "Never Just Pictures," pp. 378-383 SW3, "Building the Male Body," pp. 362-365, "Your Body is a Battleground," p. 369, Mario Testino's images, pp. 430-432	Film: "The Human Body"
Cultures of Place and Space
10/3	Four Core Areas: Why does Place Matter?	SW3, Chapter 2, "Coming to Terms with Place," pp. 138-149, pp. 176-177 (Camilo Vergara), pp. 183-190 (David Guterson), pp. 210-214 (Scott Russell Sanders) SW3, "Portfolio: Sternfeld," pp. 192-200	Quiz 1
10/5	Module 4: Class	Dorothy Allison, "A Question of Class" SW3, "Reflecting Class," pp. 477-497
10/10	Module 5: Family	Stephanie Coontz, excerpt from The Way We Really Are SW3, Office of National Drug Control Policy Ad, pp. 636-638	Film: "Home Economics: a Documentary of Suburbia"
10/12	Presentation Discussions Exam Review		Presentation Groups to meet in class Please bring laptops if you have them!
10/17	Midterm Exam		Midterm Exam In-Class
Presentations: Groups 1-5
10/19	Presentation Groups 1 and 2
10/24	Presentation Groups 3 and 4
Media Cultures
10/26	Presentation Group 5 and review of Midterm Exam results
10/31	Four Core Areas: What American Media Leaves Out	SW3, "Capturing Memorable Moments," pp. 238-250, pp. 280-283, 291	Film: "Outfoxed" "Baghad Burning" blog
11/2	Module 6: War	SW3, "Picturing War," pp. 648-651 SW3, "Flag Raising on Iwo Jima," pp. 296-299 SW3, 9/11 Materials, pp. 300-308 The 9/11 Report: a Graphic Adaptation	Film: "Independent Media in a Time of War"
Cultures of Science, Technology, & Medicine (STM)
11/7	Module 7: Representation Four Core Areas: Science-Technology-Medicine (STM)	SW3, p. 292-294 and "A Life Revealed" from National Geographic SW3, "The Ethics of Representation, " pp. 657-676 Online: Downey & Dumit, Excerpt from Cyborgs & Citadel
11/9	Module 8: Cyborgs	Online: "You are Cyborg," article from Wired magazine	Film Clips: "The Terminator" and "Star Trek: the Next Generation"
11/14	Module 9: Food	Selections from Fast Food Nation "Undercover in a Chicken Factory"	Film: "Supersize Me" Film Clips: "The Global Banquet"
Presentations: Groups 6-9
11/16	Presentation Groups 6 and 7		Quiz 2
11/21 no classes on 11/23	Presentation Groups 8 and 9
Putting It All Together: Using all Four Core Areas
11/28	Module 10: Work	"Labor, History, and Sweatshops" Many Entry Level Workers Feel Pinch of Rough Market, NYT, September 4, 2006	Film Clips: "Sweat" and "No Logo" Freewriting (in class): How does a "cultural artifact" from your work reflect your identity?
11/30	Module 11: Consumption	"Consuming Passions: the Culture of American Consumption" by Sonia Maasik & Jack Solomon	Film clips: "Affluenza" and "Escape from Affluenza"
12/5	Module 12: America	SW3, "The Stars & Stripes," pp. 579-597	Film Clip: "Merchants of Cool" Film Clip: "The Corporation"
12/7	Module 13: Icons	SW3, Chapter 6, "Reading Icons," pp. 498-507, 520-532, 564-566	Film Clips: "What America Needs"
Presentations: Groups 10-13
12/12	Presentation Groups 10 & 11
12/14	Presentation Groups 12 and 13
	Cultural Studies: Implications for the Future?	Online: Hegemony	In-Class Project
12/20	Final Exam 12:00 - 2:00pm

Course Syllabus