Schedule
Week One – Curious Incident
Sept. 8: introduction to the course and discussion of Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Bring copies if you have them.
Sept. 10: gearing up for the semester ahead and learning about the fabulous Writing Center. Bring syllabi for ALL of your courses. You’ll be looking at the timing and the nature of your most time-intensive assignments.
Week Two – Curious Incident
Sept. 13: blogging basics and sign up for one of four presentations. Bring your patience with you, as it takes a little fussing to get started with blogging.
Sept. 14: Attend Jamie Ford lecture, 7pm, Alumni Hall
Sept. 15: discussion of how autism is represented and debated; in preparation for today, read these two blog posts – one and two and read up to chapter 131 of Curious Incident (which isn’t as daunting as it sounds).
Sept. 16: presentation / discussion of Curious Incident; in preparation for today, finish reading the book.
Week Three – Curious Incident
Sept. 20: plagiarism and writing from sources; revising and proofing your own work; read Stanley Fish on plagiarism; in preparation for today, bring your paper in progress.
Sept. 22: arboretum hike; Curious Incident paper due.
Sept. 24: Nobel Conference preview; for today, browse the conference website.
Week Four – Coroner’s Lunch
Sept. 27: library research; meet in library
Sept. 29: visit to the Diversity center – meet in D center; revision of Curious Incident papers due.
Oct. 1: library day
Week Five – Coroner’s Lunch
Oct. 4: final library day
Oct. 6: Nobel Conference – no class, but you are required to attend/view at least one Nobel lecture and write up a summary for the blog.
Oct. 8: Coroner’s Lunch presentation and discussion led by Team Cotterill; in preparation for today, finish reading Coroner’s Lunch. Annotated bibliography due.
Week Six – Pick Your Own Book
Oct. 11: Finish discussion of Coroner’s Lunch, led by Team Cotterill, then a trip to the library to browse and select a book to read.
Oct. 13: campus exploration; bring a camera if you have one; we will explore, take pictures, and create an online slide show; Coroner’s Lunch papers due.
Oct. 15: meet in the Dive for Archie Bunker’s Neighborhood (with the fabulous Peer Assistants)
Week Seven – Pick Your Own Book
Oct. 18: a visit to the Hillstrom Museum
Oct. 20: CICE visit; meet in classroom, then walk together to the international education office.
Oct. 22: no class
Week Eight – Moonlight Downs
Oct. 25: Reading Days – no class
Oct. 27: presentations on books you read
Oct. 28: Attend Shakespeare’s R&J at the Anderson Theatre, 8pm
Oct 29: meet in the library – AVI – to watch rabbit proof fence; revision of Coroner’s Lunch papers due.
Week Nine – Moonlight Downs
Nov. 1: meet in library again to finish watching Rabbit Proof Fence
Nov. 3: discussion of Aboriginal land rights and “the dreaming”; in preparation for today, read Hill. By now, you should have finished reading Moonlight Downs.
Nov. 5: meet in library to discuss advising and practice using Webadvisor.
Week Ten – Don’t Look Back
Nov. 8: Moonlight Downs presentation and discussion led by Team Hyland; Moonlight Downs papers due.
Nov. 10: discussion day; for today bring three discussion questions or topics to prompt discussion based on issues raised in the books we’ve read so far
Nov. 12: discussion day: continue discussions; revision of Moonlight Downs paper due.
Week Eleven – Don’t Look Back
Nov. 15: no class
Nov. 17: a visit to the Career Center
Nov. 19: Don’t Look Back presentation and discussion led by Team Fossum; in preparation for today, finish reading Don’t Look Back.
Week Twelve – In the Lake of the Woods
Nov. 22 reports on faculty interviews
Nov. 24: Thanksgiving break – no class
Nov. 26: Thanksgiving break – no class
Week Thirteen – In the Lake of the Woods
Nov. 29: discussion of the My Lai massacre and individual responsibility
Dec. 1: Chandler and the mystery; ethics and the genre; for today, read Chandler’s “Simple Art of Murder.”
Dec. 3: In the Lake of the Woods presentation and discussion led by Team O’Brien; in preparation for today, finish reading In the Lake of the Woods.
Week Fourteen
Dec. 6: brainstorming final paper ideas; discussion of expectations of crime fiction; third paper due for those who haven’t written three papers yet.
Dec. 8: discussion of values expressed in the books we have read in this course. More work on outlining and organizing papers.
Dec. 10: workshopping drafts of final paper; in preparation for today, bring two copies of a complete draft of your final paper .
Week Fifteen
Dec. 13: course wrap up; revision of third paper due.
Dec 17: final paper due.
Barbara
