Readings not from any of the textbooks can be found in the packet.
I reserve the right to make changes to this syllabus and schedule at any
time, and you are responsible for such changes.
Week One
Tuesday (1/12)
In-Class: Course Introduction
Thursday (1/14)
Reading: "Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt" by Melvin Dixon/"How
to Watch Your Brother Die" by Michael Lassell/"Frozen in Time" by Suzanne
Fried/"touch" by Charlotte Watson Sherman
In-Class: Prompt for Personal
Essay
Week Two
Tuesday (1/19)
Reading: The Gifts of the Body by Rebecca Brown
Thursday (1/21)
Reading: The Gifts of the Body by Rebecca Brown
In-Class: Annotation Exercise/Discussion
Week Three
Tuesday (1/26)
Reading: "Foreword," "Introduction," and "Immersion" in
Surviving the Fall (pgs. ix-57)
Thursday (1/28)
Reading: "AIDS, Language, and the Third World" by Simon
Watney/"AIDS-Involved Drama Syndrome" by William M. Hoffman/"AIDS and the
Responsibility of the Writer" by Sarah Schulman/"AIDS and Humor" by David
B. Feinberg
In-Class: Prompt for Summary
Essay
Draft of Personal
Essay Due
Week Four
Tuesday (2/2)
Reading: "Connection" in Surviving the Fall (pgs.
59-104)
Thursday (2/4)
Reading: Bragdon v. Abbott
Week Five
Tuesday (2/9)
Reading: "Excavation" and "Reconstruction" in Surviving
the Fall (pgs. 106-45)
Draft of Summary
Essay Due
Thursday (2/11)
Reading: "Worksite AIDS Education: A Case Study
of the New York City Police" by Judith K. Barr and Leon J. Warshaw/"AIDS
and Africa: The Western Imagination and the Dark Continent" by Margaret
Cerullo and Evelynn Hammonds
In-Class: Prompt for Synthesis/Analysis
Essay
Week Six
Tuesday (2/16)
[Meet in
SCAILAB (104 Adams Hall)]
Reading: "Portraits of People with AIDS" by Douglas Crimp/"Making
Kitsch from AIDS" by Daniel Harris
Thursday (2/18)
Reading: "Lights, Camera. . . Death" by Elinor Burkett/"Pedro
Leaves Us Breathless" by Hal Rubenstein
In-Class: View clips from The Real World
Week Seven
Tuesday (2/23)
[Meet in
SCAILAB (104 Adams Hall)]
In-Class: Prompt for Research Project
Thursday (2/25)
Library Day One
[Meet in Library's Electronic
Learning Lab (Room 1-330)]
Week Eight
Tuesday (3/2)
In-Class: Peer Review/Writing Workshop (Emphasis on Using
Quotations)
Thursday (3/4)
Library Day Two
[Meet in
Library's Electronic Learning Lab (Room 1-330)]
Draft of Synthesis/Analysis
Essay Due
Week Nine
Tuesday (3/9)
[Meet in SCAILAB (104
Adams Hall)]
In-Class: Prompt for Annotated Bibliography
One-Page Research
Proposal Due (Two Copies)
Thursday (3/11)
Library Day Three
[We Meet in Our Regular
Classroom]
Midterm
Portfolio Due [Part One]
Spring Break--No Class Tuesday (3/16) or Thursday (3/18)
Week Ten
Tuesday (3/23)
Class Cancelled--Library Work/Research
Thursday (3/25)
Class Cancelled--Library Work/Research
Week Eleven
Tuesday (3/30)
Writing Workshop (Specifics TBA)
Annotated Bibliography
Due
Midterm
Portfolio Due [Part Two]
Thursday (4/1)
Writing Workshop (Specifics TBA)
Week Twelve
Tuesday (4/6)
Peer Review/Writing Workshop
Draft of Research
Essay Due (Bring Copies for Research Group)
Thursday (4/8)
Writing Workshop (Thesis/Topic Sentences)
Week Thirteen
Tuesday (4/13)
Writing Workshop (Grading Exercise)
Draft of Research
Essay Due
Thursday (4/15)
Class Cancelled--Individual Conferences
Week Fourteen
Tuesday (4/20)
Class Cancelled--Individual Conferences
Thursday (4/22)
Research Presentations
Week Fifteen
Tuesday (4/27)
Research Presentations
Thursday (4/29)
Research Presentations
Reserach
Portfolio Due