Schedule

CRR = Cultural Resistance Reader 
WR = Writer's Reference w/Writing in the Disciplines (7th Edition)
Handouts may be provided hardcopy in class or electronically posted to the blog.
All e-journals are due the subsequent class day on which they are assigned.



WEEK ONE -- Introduction

T 8/30:
Introduction to Course, Syllabus, Goals, Expectations, & Requirements. Meet-n-Greet!



WEEKS TWO – SIX -- Cultural Resistance and the Politics of Culture

R 9/1:
ABC Paragraph Formation: Topic Sentences, Evidence, & Explanation 
CRR: Duncombe, Introduction, p.1-15

T 9/6:
Class Canceled

R 9/8:
Class Canceled

T 9/13:
CRR: Intro to Section Two, p.17 

CRR: Hill, "Levellers and True Levellers," from The World Turned Upside Down, p.17-34

R 9/15:
CRR: Hill, "Levellers and True Levellers," from The World Turned Upside Down, p.17-34

T 9/20:
CRR: Williams, "Culture," from Keywords, p.35-41

R 9/22:
CRR: Marx & Engles, from The German Ideology p.41-49

T 9/27:
Class Canceled

R 9/29:
No Classes Scheduled

T 10/4:
No Class – Classes Follow a Friday Schedule
R 10/6:
CRR: Intro to Section Three, p.82
Essay #1 Rough Draft Due – bring two extra copies of your document to class to perform a peer-edit!



WEEKS SEVEN – TEN -- A Politics That Doesn't Look Like Politics

T 10/11:
Rhetorical Devices
WR, p.34-39
CRR: Scott, from Weapons of the Weak, p.89-96

R 10/13:
Transitions & Links
WR, p.40-44
CRR: Kelley, from Race Rebels, p.96-99
handout – In-Text Quotation and Parenthetical Citation

T 10/18:
Essay #1 Final Copy Due

Thesis Proposal Rubric 
Outline, Summary, Analysis, & Constructing Arguments
WR: p.71-91
CRR: Reed, "Why is There No Black Political Movement?", p.99-100

R 10/20:
Essay #2 Rubric
Evaluating Arguments
WR, p.92-100
CRR: Baudrillard, "The Masses: The Implosion of the Social in the Media", p.100-113

T 10/25:

Integrating Source Material Appropriately
CRR: Bey, from TAZ: The Temporary Autonomous Zone

R 10/27:
Library Meeting #1
First Draft of Thesis Proposal Due
CRR: Reynolds, from Generation Ecstasy

T 11/1:
Global vs. Local Revision
WR, p.20-22
OWL, HOCs v. LOCs 
MLA Documentation Style – WR, p.34-41
APA Documentation Style

R 11/3:
Essay #2 Rough Draft Due – bring two extra copies of your document to class to perform a peer-edit!



WEEKS ELEVEN – THIRTEEN -- Research Project

T 11/8:
Avoiding Plagiarism
WR: Setion R3, p.357-365 
CRR: Hobsbawm, Selections from Primitive Rebels

R 11/10:
Library Meeting #2 
Second Draft of Thesis Proposal Due
Conducting Research & Evaluating Sources
WR: Section R2, p.346-357


T 11/15:
Essay #2 Final Copy Due
CRR: Kelley, Selections from Primitive Rebels
 
R 11/17:
Punctuation Use
CRR: Cosgrove, "The Zoot-Suit and Style Warfare"


T 11/22:
First Draft of Research Paper
CRR: Hebdige, "The Meaning of Mod" and Clarke, "The Skinheads and the Magical Recovery of Community" from Rituals of Resistance

R 11/24 – Su 11/27
College Closed – Happy Thanksgiving!



WEEK FOURTEEN -- One-on-One Conferences and Research Discussions

T 11/29:
Annotated Bibliography (50% Submission)
One-on-One Meetings w/Prof. D – Bring All Previous Work to Class


R 12/1:
One-on-One Meetings w/Prof. D – Bring All Previous Work to Class




WEEKS FIFTEEN – SIXTEEN -- Refinement and Revision

T 12/6:
TBD

R12/8:
TBD


T 12/13:
Last Day of Class
Final Draft of Research Paper



FINALS WEEK -- Exam Date, Time, & Location TBA