| Session |
Date |
Subject (Assignments,
including reading assignments, posted to Moodle) |
| #
|
Date
|
Subject
|
| -
|
M, Aug 29
|
College closed after Hurricane Irene; Make
up class scheduled for Dec. 14
|
| 1
|
W, Aug 31
|
Introductions
|
| -
|
M, Sep 5
|
Labor Day Weekend - College Closed
|
| 2
|
W, Sep 7
|
History Before WWII
|
| 3
|
M, Sep 12
|
History: The BBC Monopoly
|
| 4
|
W, Sep 14
|
History: Competition
|
| 5
|
M, Sep 19
|
Method: Becoming Anthropologically
Strange
|
| 6
|
W, Sep 21
|
History: Cultural Exchange
|
| 7
|
M, Sep 26
|
History: Diversification with Satellite
and Cable
|
| -
|
W, Sep 28
|
No classes scheduled
|
| 8
|
M, Oct 3
|
Culture: News, Education and Documentary
|
| 9
|
W, Oct 5
|
Guest Speaker: Peter Foges
|
| -
|
M, Oct 10
|
Columbus Day - College Closed
|
| 10
|
W, Oct 12
|
Culture and Genre: British Soap
Opera
|
| 11
|
M, Oct 17
|
Cultural Norms and Values: The Structuration
of Class
|
| 12
|
W, Oct 19
|
Genre: Action/Adventure
|
| 13
|
M, Oct 24
|
Culture: The Individualism/Collectivism
Dialectic
|
| 14
|
W, Oct 26
|
Genre: Mystery
|
| 15
|
M, Oct 31
|
Culture: The high context/low context
dialectic
|
| 16
|
W, Nov 2
|
Mid-Term
|
| 17
|
M, Nov 7
|
Genre: Science Fiction
|
| 18
|
W, Nov 9
|
Culture: Ethnocentrism in the Wake
of Empire
|
| 19
|
M, Nov 14
|
Genre: Drama
|
| 20
|
W, Nov 16
|
Addressing Social Issues with Narrative
|
| 21
|
M, Nov 21
|
Genre: Sketch Comedy and Variety
|
| 22
|
W, Nov 23
|
Culture: Confronting Social Issues
with Comedy
|
| Thanksgiving Break
|
| 23
|
M, Nov 28
|
Genre: Situation Comedy
|
| 24
|
W, Nov 30
|
Culture: Naturalizing Change
|
| 25
|
M, Dec 5
|
British Reality Television
|
| 26
|
W, Dec 7
|
Interculture: Exporting Culture
and Shedding Empire
|
| 27
|
M, Dec 12
|
Games and Sports
|
| 28
|
W, Dec 14
|
Conclusion and Exam Review
|
| Final
|
M, Dec 19 or W, Dec 21, TBD
|
Final Exam
|
